#B17D27#B17D27

#B17D27 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.117 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17D27
RGB	rgb(177, 125, 39)
HSL	hsl(37, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(37, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 12.45, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 53.38, 76.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% 0.0296 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.117 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8331, 24.1630, 5.2224)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17D27 #275BB1

analogous

#B13827 #B17D27 #A0B127

triadic

#B17D27 #27B17D #7D27B1

tetradic

#B17D27 #27B138 #275BB1 #B127A0

square

#B17D27 #27B138 #275BB1 #B127A0

split-complementary

#B17D27 #27A0B1 #3827B1

monochromatic

#4D3611 #7F5A1C #B17D27 #D59D40 #E0B772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#B17D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#B17D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17D27

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17D27	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)

#907F19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 125, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.117 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda268',
    500: '#b17d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17d27;
$custom-light: #cda268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.391,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62742,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17D27

secondary

#6D8FC7

accent

#7FE741

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17D27

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

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