#B17E37#B17E37

#B17E37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.107 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17E37
RGB	rgb(177, 126, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, 12.69, 45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 46.98, 74.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.0324 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.108 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2836, 24.5468, 6.9674)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17E37 #376AB1

analogous

#B14137 #B17E37 #A7B137

triadic

#B17E37 #37B17E #7E37B1

tetradic

#B17E37 #37B141 #376AB1 #B137A7

square

#B17E37 #37B141 #376AB1 #B137A7

split-complementary

#B17E37 #37A7B1 #4137B1

monochromatic

#543C1A #825D28 #B17E37 #CC9C5A #DAB888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#B17E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#B17E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17E37

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17E37	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90812F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0716F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 126, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.107 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca371',
    500: '#b17e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17e37;
$custom-light: #cca371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.918,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6308,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17E37

secondary

#809CC4

accent

#88DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF3ED

border

#D3CDC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17E37

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

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