#B17E26#B17E26

#B17E26 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.118 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17E26
RGB	rgb(177, 126, 38)
HSL	hsl(38, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 78.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, 11.86, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 53.85, 77.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.0277 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.118 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9440, 24.4109, 5.1787)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17E26 #2659B1

analogous

#B13926 #B17E26 #9EB126

triadic

#B17E26 #26B17E #7E26B1

tetradic

#B17E26 #26B139 #2659B1 #B1269E

square

#B17E26 #26B139 #2659B1 #B1269E

split-complementary

#B17E26 #269EB1 #3926B1

monochromatic

#4C3610 #7F5A1B #B17E26 #D69E3F #E0B871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#B17E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#B17E26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17E26

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17E26	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)

#918017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 126, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.118 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda367',
    500: '#b17e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17e26;
$custom-light: #cda367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.986,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62932,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17E26

secondary

#6B8DC7

accent

#7EE840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17E26

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

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