#B17D2E#B17D2E

#B17D2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.113 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17D2E
RGB	rgb(177, 125, 46)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 74%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 12.77, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 50.65, 75.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% 0.0314 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.113 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9600, 24.2138, 5.8907)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17D2E #2E62B1

analogous

#B13B2E #B17D2E #A3B12E

triadic

#B17D2E #2EB17D #7D2EB1

tetradic

#B17D2E #2EB13B #2E62B1 #B12EA3

square

#B17D2E #2EB13B #2E62B1 #B12EA3

split-complementary

#B17D2E #2EA3B1 #3B2EB1

monochromatic

#503815 #805B21 #B17D2E #D09C4C #DDB77C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#B17D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#B17D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17D2E

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17D2E	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	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)

#908023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 125, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.113 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda26c',
    500: '#b17d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17d2e;
$custom-light: #cda26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.183,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62797,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17D2E

secondary

#7595C6

accent

#84E246

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17D2E

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

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