#B16827#B16827

#B16827 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.121 H 58.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16827
RGB	rgb(177, 104, 39)
HSL	hsl(28, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(28, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.15, 24.17, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.15, 52.84, 62.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.0641 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.121 58.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4500, 19.3967, 4.4281)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16827 #2770B1

analogous

#B1272B #B16827 #B1AD27

triadic

#B16827 #27B168 #6827B1

tetradic

#B16827 #2BB127 #2770B1 #AD27B1

square

#B16827 #2BB127 #2770B1 #AD27B1

split-complementary

#B16827 #27B1AD #272BB1

monochromatic

#4D2D11 #7F4B1C #B16827 #D58640 #E0A672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#B16827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#B16827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16827

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16827	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)

#7E701E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2585B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 104, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.121 58.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9366',
    500: '#b16827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16827;
$custom-light: #ce9366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.261,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58779,
    "c": 0.12123,
    "h": 58.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16827

secondary

#6D9DC7

accent

#99E741

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16827

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

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