#B17D32#B17D32

#B17D32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.111 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17D32
RGB	rgb(177, 125, 50)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 71.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, 12.97, 47.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 49.00, 74.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.0325 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.111 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0426, 24.2468, 6.3255)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17D32 #3266B1

analogous

#B13E32 #B17D32 #A6B132

triadic

#B17D32 #32B17D #7D32B1

tetradic

#B17D32 #32B13E #3266B1 #B132A6

square

#B17D32 #32B13E #3266B1 #B132A6

split-complementary

#B17D32 #32A6B1 #3E32B1

monochromatic

#523A17 #815B25 #B17D32 #CE9B52 #DCB782

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#B17D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#B17D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17D32

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17D32	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)

#8F8029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 125, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.111 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda26e',
    500: '#b17d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17d32;
$custom-light: #cda26e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.433,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62834,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17D32

secondary

#7A99C5

accent

#86DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17D32

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

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