#B17E2A#B17E2A

#B17E2A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.116 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17E2A
RGB	rgb(177, 126, 42)
HSL	hsl(37, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 12.02, 50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 52.34, 76.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% 0.0287 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.116 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0121, 24.4381, 5.5371)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17E2A #2A5DB1

analogous

#B13A2A #B17E2A #A1B12A

triadic

#B17E2A #2AB17E #7E2AB1

tetradic

#B17E2A #2AB13A #2A5DB1 #B12AA1

square

#B17E2A #2AB13A #2A5DB1 #B12AA1

split-complementary

#B17E2A #2AA1B1 #3A2AB1

monochromatic

#4E3813 #805B1E #B17E2A #D39D45 #DFB777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#B17E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#B17E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17E2A

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17E2A	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91801D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 126, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.116 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda369',
    500: '#b17e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17e2a;
$custom-light: #cda369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.333,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62962,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17E2A

secondary

#7091C6

accent

#80E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17E2A

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

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