#B16A28#B16A28

#B16A28 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.120 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16A28
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 40)
HSL	hsl(29, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(29, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 77.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.62, 23.10, 47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.62, 52.38, 63.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.061 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.12 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6705, 19.8108, 4.5844)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16A28 #286FB1

analogous

#B1282A #B16A28 #B1AF28

triadic

#B16A28 #28B16A #6A28B1

tetradic

#B16A28 #2AB128 #286FB1 #AF28B1

square

#B16A28 #2AB128 #286FB1 #AF28B1

split-complementary

#B16A28 #28B1AF #282AB1

monochromatic

#4D2E11 #7F4C1D #B16A28 #D48842 #E0A874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B16A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#B16A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16A28

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16A28	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)

#80711F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.120 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9566',
    500: '#b16a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16a28;
$custom-light: #ce9566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.905,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59148,
    "c": 0.11991,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16A28

secondary

#6E9CC7

accent

#97E642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16A28

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

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