#B16A26#B16A26

#B16A26 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.121 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16A26
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 38)
HSL	hsl(29, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(29, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 78.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, 23.02, 47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 53.13, 64.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.0605 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.121 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6374, 19.7976, 4.4098)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16A26 #266DB1

analogous

#B12627 #B16A26 #B1B026

triadic

#B16A26 #26B16A #6A26B1

tetradic

#B16A26 #27B126 #266DB1 #B026B1

square

#B16A26 #27B126 #266DB1 #B026B1

split-complementary

#B16A26 #26B1B0 #2627B1

monochromatic

#4C2E10 #7F4C1B #B16A26 #D6883F #E0A771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B16A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#B16A26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16A26

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16A26	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80711C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.121 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9565',
    500: '#b16a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16a26;
$custom-light: #ce9565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.353,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59132,
    "c": 0.12082,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16A26

secondary

#6B9AC7

accent

#96E840

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16A26

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

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