#B17D2A#B17D2A

#B17D2A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.116 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17D2A
RGB	rgb(177, 125, 42)
HSL	hsl(37, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 12.58, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 52.24, 76.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% 0.0303 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.116 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8848, 24.1837, 5.4947)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17D2A #2A5EB1

analogous

#B1392A #B17D2A #A1B12A

triadic

#B17D2A #2AB17D #7D2AB1

tetradic

#B17D2A #2AB139 #2A5EB1 #B12AA1

square

#B17D2A #2AB139 #2A5EB1 #B12AA1

split-complementary

#B17D2A #2AA1B1 #392AB1

monochromatic

#4E3713 #805A1E #B17D2A #D39C45 #DFB777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#B17D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#B17D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17D2A

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17D2A	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 125, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.116 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda269',
    500: '#b17d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17d2a;
$custom-light: #cda269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.889,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62764,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17D2A

secondary

#7092C6

accent

#81E543

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17D2A

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

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