#B17D37#B17D37

#B17D37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.107 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17D37
RGB	rgb(177, 125, 55)
HSL	hsl(34, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(34, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 13.24, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 46.87, 73.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.0341 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.107 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1564, 24.2923, 6.9250)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17D37 #376BB1

analogous

#B14037 #B17D37 #A8B137

triadic

#B17D37 #37B17D #7D37B1

tetradic

#B17D37 #37B140 #376BB1 #B137A8

square

#B17D37 #37B140 #376BB1 #B137A8

split-complementary

#B17D37 #37A8B1 #4037B1

monochromatic

#543B1A #825C28 #B17D37 #CC9B5A #DAB788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#B17D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#B17D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17D37

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17D37	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F802F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0706E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 125, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.107 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca271',
    500: '#b17d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17d37;
$custom-light: #cca271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.426,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62883,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17D37

secondary

#809DC4

accent

#89DC4C

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17D37

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

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