#B17E28#B17E28

#B17E28 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.117 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17E28
RGB	rgb(177, 126, 40)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 77.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, 11.94, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 53.11, 77.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.0282 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.117 76)
XYZ	xyz(25.9772, 24.4242, 5.3533)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17E28 #285BB1

analogous

#B13928 #B17E28 #A0B128

triadic

#B17E28 #28B17E #7E28B1

tetradic

#B17E28 #28B139 #285BB1 #B128A0

square

#B17E28 #28B139 #285BB1 #B128A0

split-complementary

#B17E28 #28A0B1 #3928B1

monochromatic

#4D3711 #7F5A1D #B17E28 #D49E42 #E0B774

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#B17E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#B17E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17E28

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17E28	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)

#91801A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 126, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.117 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda368',
    500: '#b17e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17e28;
$custom-light: #cda368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.664,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62947,
    "c": 0.11682,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.24422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17E28

secondary

#6E8FC7

accent

#7FE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17E28

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

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