#B16A2A#B16A2A

#B16A2A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.119 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16A2A
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 42)
HSL	hsl(28, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(28, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.64, 23.19, 46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.64, 51.62, 63.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% 0.0616 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.119 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7054, 19.8248, 4.7682)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16A2A #2A71B1

analogous

#B12A2E #B16A2A #B1AD2A

triadic

#B16A2A #2AB16A #6A2AB1

tetradic

#B16A2A #2EB12A #2A71B1 #AD2AB1

square

#B16A2A #2EB12A #2A71B1 #AD2AB1

split-complementary

#B16A2A #2AB1AD #2A2EB1

monochromatic

#4E2F13 #804C1E #B16A2A #D38845 #DFA877

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B16A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#B16A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16A2A

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16A2A	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)

#7F7122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90812A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25A5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.119 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9568',
    500: '#b16a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16a2a;
$custom-light: #ce9568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.444,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59166,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16A2A

secondary

#709EC6

accent

#98E543

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16A2A

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

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