#B16A40#B16A40

#B16A40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.107 H 50.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16A40
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 64)
HSL	hsl(22, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(22, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, 24.42, 35.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 42.88, 55.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.0688 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.107 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2127, 20.0277, 7.4401)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16A40 #4087B1

analogous

#B1404E #B16A40 #B1A340

triadic

#B16A40 #40B16A #6A40B1

tetradic

#B16A40 #4EB140 #4087B1 #A340B1

square

#B16A40 #4EB140 #4087B1 #A340B1

split-complementary

#B16A40 #40B1A3 #404EB1

monochromatic

#57341F #844F30 #B16A40 #C88B66 #D8AD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#B16A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#B16A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16A40

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16A40	1.00	4.20	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.107 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9576',
    500: '#b16a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16a40;
$custom-light: #cd9576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.301,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59417,
    "c": 0.10732,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16A40

secondary

#89AEC3

accent

#A5D751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16A40

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

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