#B17E31#B17E31

#B17E31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.111 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17E31
RGB	rgb(177, 126, 49)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, 12.36, 47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 49.53, 75.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% 0.0306 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.111 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1485, 24.4927, 6.2555)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17E31 #3164B1

analogous

#B13E31 #B17E31 #A4B131

triadic

#B17E31 #31B17E #7E31B1

tetradic

#B17E31 #31B13E #3164B1 #B131A4

square

#B17E31 #31B13E #3164B1 #B131A4

split-complementary

#B17E31 #31A4B1 #3E31B1

monochromatic

#513A16 #815C24 #B17E31 #CF9C51 #DCB780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#B17E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#B17E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17E31

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17E31	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1716E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 126, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.111 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda36d',
    500: '#b17e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17e31;
$custom-light: #cda36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.094,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63021,
    "c": 0.11149,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17E31

secondary

#7997C5

accent

#84E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EC

border

#D3CDC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17E31

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

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