#B17E49#B17E49

#B17E49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.094 H 65.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17E49
RGB	rgb(177, 126, 73)
HSL	hsl(31, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(31, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 58.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, 13.92, 36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 38.92, 69.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% 0.0387 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.094 65.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7965, 24.7519, 9.6683)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17E49 #497CB1

analogous

#B14A49 #B17E49 #B0B149

triadic

#B17E49 #49B17E #7E49B1

tetradic

#B17E49 #49B14A #497CB1 #B149B0

square

#B17E49 #49B14A #497CB1 #B149B0

split-complementary

#B17E49 #49B0B1 #4A49B1

monochromatic

#5A4025 #865F37 #B17E49 #C59C72 #D7BB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#B17E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#B17E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17E49

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17E49	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)

#8F8144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 126, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.094 65.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba37d',
    500: '#b17e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17e49;
$custom-light: #cba37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.577,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63302,
    "c": 0.09413,
    "h": 65.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17E49

secondary

#92AAC3

accent

#93D156

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F3EE

border

#D2CDC9

text

#140F0A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17E49

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

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