#B16A31#B16A31

#B16A31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.115 H 56.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16A31
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 49)
HSL	hsl(27, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(27, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 23.52, 42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 48.88, 61.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% 0.0637 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.115 56.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8418, 19.8794, 5.4866)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16A31 #3178B1

analogous

#B13138 #B16A31 #B1AA31

triadic

#B16A31 #31B16A #6A31B1

tetradic

#B16A31 #38B131 #3178B1 #AA31B1

square

#B16A31 #38B131 #3178B1 #AA31B1

split-complementary

#B16A31 #31B1AA #3138B1

monochromatic

#513116 #814D24 #B16A31 #CF8951 #DCA980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#B16A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#B16A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16A31

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16A31	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F722B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.115 56.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce956c',
    500: '#b16a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16a31;
$custom-light: #ce956c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.719,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59233,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 56.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16A31

secondary

#79A3C5

accent

#9CE048

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16A31

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

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