#B17E27#B17E27

#B17E27 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.117 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17E27
RGB	rgb(177, 126, 39)
HSL	hsl(38, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, 11.90, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 53.48, 77.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.028 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.117 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9604, 24.4175, 5.2648)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17E27 #275AB1

analogous

#B13927 #B17E27 #9FB127

triadic

#B17E27 #27B17E #7E27B1

tetradic

#B17E27 #27B139 #275AB1 #B1279F

square

#B17E27 #27B139 #275AB1 #B1279F

split-complementary

#B17E27 #279FB1 #3927B1

monochromatic

#4D3711 #7F5A1C #B17E27 #D59E40 #E0B772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#B17E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#B17E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17E27

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17E27	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)

#918019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 126, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.117 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda368',
    500: '#b17e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17e27;
$custom-light: #cda368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.826,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62939,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17E27

secondary

#6D8EC7

accent

#7EE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17E27

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

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