#B16A43#B16A43

#B16A43 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.106 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16A43
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 67)
HSL	hsl(21, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(21, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 62.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, 24.64, 33.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 41.71, 53.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.0699 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.106 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3004, 20.0628, 7.9018)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16A43 #438AB1

analogous

#B14353 #B16A43 #B1A143

triadic

#B16A43 #43B16A #6A43B1

tetradic

#B16A43 #53B143 #438AB1 #A143B1

square

#B16A43 #53B143 #438AB1 #A143B1

split-complementary

#B16A43 #43B1A1 #4353B1

monochromatic

#583521 #854F32 #B16A43 #C78B6A #D8AE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#B16A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#B16A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16A43

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16A43	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	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)

#7E723F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.106 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9578',
    500: '#b16a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16a43;
$custom-light: #cd9578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.273,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5946,
    "c": 0.10568,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16A43

secondary

#8CB0C3

accent

#A7D553

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16A43

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

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