#B16742#B16742

#B16742 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.108 H 46.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16742
RGB	rgb(177, 103, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(20, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, 26.22, 33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 42.43, 51.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% 0.0746 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.108 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9669, 19.4434, 7.6440)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16742 #428CB1

analogous

#B14254 #B16742 #B19E42

triadic

#B16742 #42B167 #6742B1

tetradic

#B16742 #54B142 #428CB1 #9E42B1

square

#B16742 #54B142 #428CB1 #9E42B1

split-complementary

#B16742 #42B19E #4254B1

monochromatic

#583321 #844D31 #B16742 #C78869 #D8AC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#B16742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#B16742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16742

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16742	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1595E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 103, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.108 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9377',
    500: '#b16742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16742;
$custom-light: #cd9377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58912,
    "c": 0.10824,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16742

secondary

#8BB1C3

accent

#AAD552

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16742

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

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