#B17E23#B17E23

#B17E23 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.119 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17E23
RGB	rgb(177, 126, 35)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, 11.74, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 54.93, 77.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.0271 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.119 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8976, 24.3923, 4.9340)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17E23 #2356B1

analogous

#B13723 #B17E23 #9DB123

triadic

#B17E23 #23B17E #7E23B1

tetradic

#B17E23 #23B137 #2356B1 #B1239D

square

#B17E23 #23B137 #2356B1 #B1239D

split-complementary

#B17E23 #239DB1 #3723B1

monochromatic

#4B350F #7E5A19 #B17E23 #D89F39 #E2B86C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#B17E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#B17E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17E23

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17E23	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1706C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 126, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.119 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda366',
    500: '#b17e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17e23;
$custom-light: #cda366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.451,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62912,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17E23

secondary

#688AC8

accent

#7CEA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17E23

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

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