#B16A32#B16A32

#B16A32 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.115 H 56.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16A32
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 50)
HSL	hsl(26, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(26, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 71.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 23.57, 42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 48.49, 60.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% 0.064 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.115 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8632, 19.8879, 5.5990)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16A32 #3279B1

analogous

#B13239 #B16A32 #B1AA32

triadic

#B16A32 #32B16A #6A32B1

tetradic

#B16A32 #39B132 #3279B1 #AA32B1

square

#B16A32 #39B132 #3279B1 #AA32B1

split-complementary

#B16A32 #32B1AA #3239B1

monochromatic

#523117 #814D25 #B16A32 #CE8952 #DCA982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#B16A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#B16A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16A32

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16A32	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)

#7F722C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.115 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd956d',
    500: '#b16a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16a32;
$custom-light: #cd956d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.457,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59244,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16A32

secondary

#7AA4C5

accent

#9DDF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16A32

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

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