#B16A27#B16A27

#B16A27 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.120 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16A27
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 39)
HSL	hsl(29, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(29, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.62, 23.06, 47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.62, 52.76, 64.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% 0.0608 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.12 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6537, 19.8041, 4.4960)
Luminance	0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16A27 #276EB1

analogous

#B12729 #B16A27 #B1AF27

triadic

#B16A27 #27B16A #6A27B1

tetradic

#B16A27 #29B127 #276EB1 #AF27B1

square

#B16A27 #29B127 #276EB1 #AF27B1

split-complementary

#B16A27 #27B1AF #2729B1

monochromatic

#4D2E11 #7F4C1C #B16A27 #D58840 #E0A872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B16A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#B16A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16A27

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16A27	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)

#80711E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.120 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9566',
    500: '#b16a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16a27;
$custom-light: #ce9566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.13,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5914,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16A27

secondary

#6D9BC7

accent

#96E741

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16A27

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

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