#B16A3E#B16A3E

#B16A3E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.108 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16A3E
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 62)
HSL	hsl(23, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(23, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 65%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.84, 24.29, 36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.84, 43.68, 56.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.0681 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.108 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1568, 20.0054, 7.1457)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16A3E #3E85B1

analogous

#B13E4B #B16A3E #B1A43E

triadic

#B16A3E #3EB16A #6A3EB1

tetradic

#B16A3E #4BB13E #3E85B1 #A43EB1

square

#B16A3E #4BB13E #3E85B1 #A43EB1

split-complementary

#B16A3E #3EB1A4 #3E4BB1

monochromatic

#56341E #844F2E #B16A3E #C98A64 #D8AC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#B16A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#B16A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16A3E

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16A3E	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.108 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9574',
    500: '#b16a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16a3e;
$custom-light: #cd9574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.957,
    "s": 48.117,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59389,
    "c": 0.10842,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16A3E

secondary

#87ACC4

accent

#A4D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16A3E

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

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