#B16A2B#B16A2B

#B16A2B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.118 H 58.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16A2B
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 43)
HSL	hsl(28, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(28, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 75.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 23.23, 45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 51.24, 63.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.0619 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.118 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7235, 19.8321, 4.8636)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16A2B #2B72B1

analogous

#B12B2F #B16A2B #B1AD2B

triadic

#B16A2B #2BB16A #6A2BB1

tetradic

#B16A2B #2FB12B #2B72B1 #AD2BB1

square

#B16A2B #2FB12B #2B72B1 #AD2BB1

split-complementary

#B16A2B #2BB1AD #2B2FB1

monochromatic

#4F2F13 #804D1F #B16A2B #D28847 #DEA878

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B16A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#B16A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16A2B

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16A2B	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	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)

#7F7123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90812B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25A5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.118 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9568',
    500: '#b16a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16a2b;
$custom-light: #ce9568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.209,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59175,
    "c": 0.11847,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16A2B

secondary

#729EC6

accent

#99E444

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16A2B

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

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