#B17E2B#B17E2B

#B17E2B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.115 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17E2B
RGB	rgb(177, 126, 43)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 75.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, 12.07, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 51.95, 76.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.029 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.115 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0302, 24.4454, 5.6325)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17E2B #2B5EB1

analogous

#B13B2B #B17E2B #A1B12B

triadic

#B17E2B #2BB17E #7E2BB1

tetradic

#B17E2B #2BB13B #2B5EB1 #B12BA1

square

#B17E2B #2BB13B #2B5EB1 #B12BA1

split-complementary

#B17E2B #2BA1B1 #3B2BB1

monochromatic

#4F3813 #805B1F #B17E2B #D29D47 #DEB778

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#B17E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#B17E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17E2B

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17E2B	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)

#91801F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 126, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.115 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda36a',
    500: '#b17e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17e2b;
$custom-light: #cda36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.164,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6297,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17E2B

secondary

#7292C6

accent

#81E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17E2B

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

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