#B17F2A#B17F2A

#B17F2A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.116 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17F2A
RGB	rgb(177, 127, 42)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, 11.46, 51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 52.46, 77.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% 0.0271 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.116 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1406, 24.6952, 5.5799)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17F2A #2A5CB1

analogous

#B13C2A #B17F2A #9FB12A

triadic

#B17F2A #2AB17F #7F2AB1

tetradic

#B17F2A #2AB13C #2A5CB1 #B12A9F

square

#B17F2A #2AB13C #2A5CB1 #B12A9F

split-complementary

#B17F2A #2A9FB1 #3C2AB1

monochromatic

#4E3813 #805C1E #B17F2A #D39E45 #DFB877

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#B17F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#B17F2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17F2A

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17F2A	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92811D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1716E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 127, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.116 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda469',
    500: '#b17f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17f2a;
$custom-light: #cda469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6316,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17F2A

secondary

#7090C6

accent

#7FE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17F2A

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

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