#B17F57#B17F57

#B17F57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.083 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17F57
RGB	rgb(177, 127, 87)
HSL	hsl(27, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(27, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 50.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, 14.59, 29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 32.74, 63.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% 0.0425 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.083 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4425, 25.2159, 12.4368)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17F57 #5789B1

analogous

#B1575C #B17F57 #B1AC57

triadic

#B17F57 #57B17F #7F57B1

tetradic

#B17F57 #5CB157 #5789B1 #AC57B1

square

#B17F57 #5CB157 #5789B1 #AC57B1

split-complementary

#B17F57 #57B1AC #575CB1

monochromatic

#61442D #8A6140 #B17F57 #C49F81 #D8BFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#B17F57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#B17F57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17F57

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17F57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17F57	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17f57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 127, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.083 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba487',
    500: '#b17f57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17f57;
$custom-light: #cba487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17f57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6372,
    "c": 0.08296,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17F57

secondary

#9EB4C6

accent

#9ACD5B

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17F57

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

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