#B16939#B16939

#B16939 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.112 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16939
RGB	rgb(177, 105, 57)
HSL	hsl(24, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(24, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.7%, 67.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.55, 24.52, 38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.55, 45.75, 57.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.068 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.112 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9234, 19.7481, 6.4220)
Luminance	0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16939 #3981B1

analogous

#B13945 #B16939 #B1A539

triadic

#B16939 #39B169 #6939B1

tetradic

#B16939 #45B139 #3981B1 #A539B1

square

#B16939 #45B139 #3981B1 #A539B1

split-complementary

#B16939 #39B1A5 #3945B1

monochromatic

#54321B #834E2A #B16939 #CB895D #DAAA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#B16939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#B16939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16939

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16939	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	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)

#7E7134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 105, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.112 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9471',
    500: '#b16939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16939;
$custom-light: #cd9471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59145,
    "c": 0.11171,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16939

secondary

#82AAC4

accent

#A2DB4D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16939

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

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