#B16A44#B16A44

#B16A44 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.105 H 48.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16A44
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 68)
HSL	hsl(21, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(21, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 61.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, 24.71, 33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 41.33, 53.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.0703 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.105 48)
XYZ	xyz(24.3307, 20.0749, 8.0612)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16A44 #448BB1

analogous

#B14455 #B16A44 #B1A044

triadic

#B16A44 #44B16A #6A44B1

tetradic

#B16A44 #55B144 #448BB1 #A044B1

square

#B16A44 #55B144 #448BB1 #A044B1

split-complementary

#B16A44 #44B1A0 #4455B1

monochromatic

#593522 #855033 #B16A44 #C68B6C #D7AE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#B16A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#B16A44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16A44

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16A44	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)

#7D7241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.105 48.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9579',
    500: '#b16a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16a44;
$custom-light: #cd9579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.917,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59475,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 48
  },
  "luminance": 0.20073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16A44

secondary

#8DB1C3

accent

#A7D454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16A44

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

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