#B17D24#B17D24

#B17D24 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.119 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17D24
RGB	rgb(177, 125, 36)
HSL	hsl(38, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 79.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, 12.34, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 54.47, 76.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% 0.0289 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.119 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7854, 24.1439, 4.9709)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17D24 #2458B1

analogous

#B13624 #B17D24 #9FB124

triadic

#B17D24 #24B17D #7D24B1

tetradic

#B17D24 #24B136 #2458B1 #B1249F

square

#B17D24 #24B136 #2458B1 #B1249F

split-complementary

#B17D24 #249FB1 #3624B1

monochromatic

#4B350F #7E591A #B17D24 #D79E3B #E1B76E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#B17D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#B17D24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17D24

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17D24	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 125, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.119 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda266',
    500: '#b17d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17d24;
$custom-light: #cda266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.872,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62721,
    "c": 0.11881,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17D24

secondary

#698CC8

accent

#7EE93F

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17D24

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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