#B17E32#B17E32

#B17E32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.111 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17E32
RGB	rgb(177, 126, 50)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 71.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, 12.41, 47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 49.11, 75.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% 0.0309 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.111 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1698, 24.5012, 6.3679)
Luminance	0.2450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17E32 #3265B1

analogous

#B13F32 #B17E32 #A4B132

triadic

#B17E32 #32B17E #7E32B1

tetradic

#B17E32 #32B13F #3265B1 #B132A4

square

#B17E32 #32B13F #3265B1 #B132A4

split-complementary

#B17E32 #32A4B1 #3F32B1

monochromatic

#523A17 #815C25 #B17E32 #CE9C52 #DCB882

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#B17E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#B17E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17E32

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17E32	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)

#908029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1716E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 126, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.111 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda36e',
    500: '#b17e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17e32;
$custom-light: #cda36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.906,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6303,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17E32

secondary

#7A98C5

accent

#85DF49

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EC

border

#D3CDC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17E32

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

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