#B17E53#B17E53

#B17E53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.086 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17E53
RGB	rgb(177, 126, 83)
HSL	hsl(27, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(27, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 53.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, 14.77, 31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 34.45, 64.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.0425 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.086 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1551, 24.8953, 11.5570)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17E53 #5386B1

analogous

#B15357 #B17E53 #B1AD53

triadic

#B17E53 #53B17E #7E53B1

tetradic

#B17E53 #57B153 #5386B1 #AD53B1

square

#B17E53 #57B153 #5386B1 #AD53B1

split-complementary

#B17E53 #53B1AD #5357B1

monochromatic

#5F432B #89603E #B17E53 #C49E7D #D7BDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#B17E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#B17E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17E53

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17E53	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 126, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.086 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba384',
    500: '#b17e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17e53;
$custom-light: #cba384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.447,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63457,
    "c": 0.0863,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17E53

secondary

#9BB2C5

accent

#99CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F3EF

border

#D2CDCA

text

#140F0B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17E53

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

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