#B16A35#B16A35

#B16A35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.113 H 55.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16A35
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 53)
HSL	hsl(26, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(26, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 70.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, 23.74, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 47.28, 59.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.0649 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.113 55)
XYZ	xyz(23.9300, 19.9146, 5.9511)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16A35 #357CB1

analogous

#B1353E #B16A35 #B1A835

triadic

#B16A35 #35B16A #6A35B1

tetradic

#B16A35 #3EB135 #357CB1 #A835B1

square

#B16A35 #3EB135 #357CB1 #A835B1

split-complementary

#B16A35 #35B1A8 #353EB1

monochromatic

#533219 #824E27 #B16A35 #CD8957 #DBAA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#B16A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#B16A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16A35

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16A35	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	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)

#7F722F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.113 55.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd956e',
    500: '#b16a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16a35;
$custom-light: #cd956e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.645,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59277,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 55
  },
  "luminance": 0.19912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16A35

secondary

#7DA6C4

accent

#9FDD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16A35

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

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