#B17E56#B17E56

#B17E56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.084 H 58.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17E56
RGB	rgb(177, 126, 86)
HSL	hsl(26, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(26, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 51.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.02, 15.05, 29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.02, 33.14, 62.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.0437 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.084 58.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2734, 24.9427, 12.1802)
Luminance	0.2494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17E56 #5689B1

analogous

#B1565C #B17E56 #B1AC56

triadic

#B17E56 #56B17E #7E56B1

tetradic

#B17E56 #5CB156 #5689B1 #AC56B1

square

#B17E56 #5CB156 #5689B1 #AC56B1

split-complementary

#B17E56 #56B1AC #565CB1

monochromatic

#60432C #8A6040 #B17E56 #C49E80 #D8BEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#B17E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#B17E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17E56

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17E56	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 126, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.084 58.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba386',
    500: '#b17e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17e56;
$custom-light: #cba386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.374,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63508,
    "c": 0.08398,
    "h": 58.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17E56

secondary

#9DB4C5

accent

#9BCD5B

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F3EF

border

#D2CDCA

text

#140F0B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17E56

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

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