#B17E25#B17E25

#B17E25 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.118 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17E25
RGB	rgb(177, 126, 37)
HSL	hsl(38, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 79.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 11.82, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 54.22, 77.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.0275 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.118 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9281, 24.4046, 5.0949)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17E25 #2558B1

analogous

#B13825 #B17E25 #9EB125

triadic

#B17E25 #25B17E #7E25B1

tetradic

#B17E25 #25B138 #2558B1 #B1259E

square

#B17E25 #25B138 #2558B1 #B1259E

split-complementary

#B17E25 #259EB1 #3825B1

monochromatic

#4C3610 #7E5A1A #B17E25 #D69E3D #E1B86F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#B17E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#B17E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17E25

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17E25	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)

#918015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 126, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.118 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda367',
    500: '#b17e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17e25;
$custom-light: #cda367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.143,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62925,
    "c": 0.1184,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17E25

secondary

#6A8CC8

accent

#7DE83F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17E25

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

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