#B16943#B16943

#B16943 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.106 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16943
RGB	rgb(177, 105, 67)
HSL	hsl(21, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(21, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.7%, 62.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.68, 25.19, 33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.68, 41.82, 52.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.0716 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.106 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1979, 19.8579, 7.8677)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16943 #438BB1

analogous

#B14354 #B16943 #B1A043

triadic

#B16943 #43B169 #6943B1

tetradic

#B16943 #54B143 #438BB1 #A043B1

square

#B16943 #54B143 #438BB1 #A043B1

split-complementary

#B16943 #43B1A0 #4354B1

monochromatic

#583421 #854F32 #B16943 #C78A6A #D8AD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#B16943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#B16943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16943

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16943	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 105, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.106 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9478',
    500: '#b16943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16943;
$custom-light: #cd9478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.727,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59281,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16943

secondary

#8CB0C3

accent

#A8D553

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16943

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

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