#B16740#B16740

#B16740 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.109 H 47.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16740
RGB	rgb(177, 103, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(21, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, 26.08, 34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 43.19, 52.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% 0.0738 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.109 47.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9090, 19.4202, 7.3388)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16740 #408AB1

analogous

#B14052 #B16740 #B1A040

triadic

#B16740 #40B167 #6740B1

tetradic

#B16740 #52B140 #408AB1 #A040B1

square

#B16740 #52B140 #408AB1 #A040B1

split-complementary

#B16740 #40B1A0 #4052B1

monochromatic

#57331F #844D30 #B16740 #C88866 #D8AB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#B16740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#B16740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16740

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16740	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1595E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 103, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.109 47.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9376',
    500: '#b16740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16740;
$custom-light: #cd9376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.708,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58883,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 47.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16740

secondary

#89AFC3

accent

#A9D751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16740

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

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