#B16520#B16520

#B16520 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.126 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16520
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 32)
HSL	hsl(29, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(29, 82%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 81.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 25.56, 49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 55.52, 62.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% 0.0672 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.126 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0479, 18.7613, 3.7738)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16520 #206CB1

analogous

#B12023 #B16520 #B1AD20

triadic

#B16520 #20B165 #6520B1

tetradic

#B16520 #23B120 #206CB1 #AD20B1

square

#B16520 #23B120 #206CB1 #AD20B1

split-complementary

#B16520 #20B1AD #2023B1

monochromatic

#492A0D #7D4717 #B16520 #DA8334 #E4A368

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#B16520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#B16520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16520

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16520	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.126 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9161',
    500: '#b16520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16520;
$custom-light: #cf9161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.552,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58192,
    "c": 0.12555,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16520

secondary

#6499C9

accent

#98EC3C

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBF0EA

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150D05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16520

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

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