#B17D31#B17D31

#B17D31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.111 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17D31
RGB	rgb(177, 125, 49)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, 12.92, 47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 49.42, 74.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.0323 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.111 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0213, 24.2382, 6.2131)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17D31 #3165B1

analogous

#B13D31 #B17D31 #A5B131

triadic

#B17D31 #31B17D #7D31B1

tetradic

#B17D31 #31B13D #3165B1 #B131A5

square

#B17D31 #31B13D #3165B1 #B131A5

split-complementary

#B17D31 #31A5B1 #3D31B1

monochromatic

#513916 #815B24 #B17D31 #CF9B51 #DCB780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#B17D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#B17D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17D31

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17D31	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 125, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.111 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda26d',
    500: '#b17d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17d31;
$custom-light: #cda26d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.625,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62824,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17D31

secondary

#7998C5

accent

#86E048

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17D31

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

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