#B17E48#B17E48

#B17E48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.095 H 66.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17E48
RGB	rgb(177, 126, 72)
HSL	hsl(31, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(31, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 59.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, 13.84, 36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 39.37, 69.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% 0.0383 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.095 66.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7636, 24.7387, 9.4951)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17E48 #487BB1

analogous

#B14A48 #B17E48 #B0B148

triadic

#B17E48 #48B17E #7E48B1

tetradic

#B17E48 #48B14A #487BB1 #B148B0

square

#B17E48 #48B14A #487BB1 #B148B0

split-complementary

#B17E48 #48B0B1 #4A48B1

monochromatic

#5A4025 #855F36 #B17E48 #C59C71 #D7BB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#B17E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#B17E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17E48

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17E48	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 126, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.095 66.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca37c',
    500: '#b17e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17e48;
$custom-light: #cca37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.857,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63288,
    "c": 0.09491,
    "h": 66.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17E48

secondary

#91AAC3

accent

#92D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F3EE

border

#D2CDC9

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17E48

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

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