#B17D2B#B17D2B

#B17D2B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.115 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17D2B
RGB	rgb(177, 125, 43)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 75.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, 12.63, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 51.85, 75.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.0306 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.115 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9030, 24.1909, 5.5901)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17D2B #2B5FB1

analogous

#B13A2B #B17D2B #A2B12B

triadic

#B17D2B #2BB17D #7D2BB1

tetradic

#B17D2B #2BB13A #2B5FB1 #B12BA2

square

#B17D2B #2BB13A #2B5FB1 #B12BA2

split-complementary

#B17D2B #2BA2B1 #3A2BB1

monochromatic

#4F3713 #805A1F #B17D2B #D29C47 #DEB778

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#B17D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#B17D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17D2B

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17D2B	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)

#907F1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 125, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.115 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda26a',
    500: '#b17d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17d2b;
$custom-light: #cda26a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.716,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62772,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17D2B

secondary

#7292C6

accent

#82E444

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17D2B

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

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