#B16937#B16937

#B16937 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.113 H 53.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16937
RGB	rgb(177, 105, 55)
HSL	hsl(25, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(25, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.7%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, 24.41, 39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 46.54, 58.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.0673 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.113 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8745, 19.7285, 6.1644)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16937 #377FB1

analogous

#B13742 #B16937 #B1A637

triadic

#B16937 #37B169 #6937B1

tetradic

#B16937 #42B137 #377FB1 #A637B1

square

#B16937 #42B137 #377FB1 #A637B1

split-complementary

#B16937 #37B1A6 #3742B1

monochromatic

#54321A #824D28 #B16937 #CC885A #DAAA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#B16937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#B16937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16937

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16937	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 105, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.113 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9470',
    500: '#b16937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16937;
$custom-light: #cd9470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.59,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59121,
    "c": 0.11278,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16937

secondary

#80A8C4

accent

#A1DC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16937

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

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