#B16A2E#B16A2E

#B16A2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.117 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16A2E
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 46)
HSL	hsl(27, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(27, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 74%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.67, 23.37, 44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.67, 50.07, 62.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% 0.0627 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.117 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7806, 19.8549, 5.1642)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16A2E #2E75B1

analogous

#B12E33 #B16A2E #B1AB2E

triadic

#B16A2E #2EB16A #6A2EB1

tetradic

#B16A2E #33B12E #2E75B1 #AB2EB1

square

#B16A2E #33B12E #2E75B1 #AB2EB1

split-complementary

#B16A2E #2EB1AB #2E33B1

monochromatic

#503015 #804D21 #B16A2E #D0894C #DDA97C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B16A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#B16A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16A2E

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16A2E	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)

#7F7127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90812E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.117 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce956a',
    500: '#b16a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16a2e;
$custom-light: #ce956a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.481,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59203,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16A2E

secondary

#75A1C6

accent

#9AE246

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16A2E

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

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