#B17D2D#B17D2D

#B17D2D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.114 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17D2D
RGB	rgb(177, 125, 45)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 74.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.29, 12.72, 49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.29, 51.05, 75.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.0311 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.114 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9406, 24.2060, 5.7881)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17D2D #2D61B1

analogous

#B13B2D #B17D2D #A3B12D

triadic

#B17D2D #2DB17D #7D2DB1

tetradic

#B17D2D #2DB13B #2D61B1 #B12DA3

square

#B17D2D #2DB13B #2D61B1 #B12DA3

split-complementary

#B17D2D #2DA3B1 #3B2DB1

monochromatic

#4F3814 #805B21 #B17D2D #D19C4A #DDB77B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#B17D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#B17D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17D2D

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17D2D	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)

#908022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 125, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.114 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda26b',
    500: '#b17d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17d2d;
$custom-light: #cda26b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62789,
    "c": 0.11387,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17D2D

secondary

#7494C6

accent

#83E345

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17D2D

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

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