#B17F23#B17F23

#B17F23 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.120 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17F23
RGB	rgb(177, 127, 35)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(39, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, 11.18, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 55.04, 78.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.0254 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.12 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0261, 24.6494, 4.9769)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17F23 #2355B1

analogous

#B13823 #B17F23 #9CB123

triadic

#B17F23 #23B17F #7F23B1

tetradic

#B17F23 #23B138 #2355B1 #B1239C

square

#B17F23 #23B138 #2355B1 #B1239C

split-complementary

#B17F23 #239CB1 #3823B1

monochromatic

#4B360F #7E5A19 #B17F23 #D8A039 #E2B96C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#B17F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#B17F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17F23

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17F23	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928111

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 127, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.120 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda366',
    500: '#b17f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17f23;
$custom-light: #cda366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.873,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6311,
    "c": 0.11954,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17F23

secondary

#688AC8

accent

#7AEA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17F23

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

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