#B16A46#B16A46

#B16A46 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.104 H 46.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16A46
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 70)
HSL	hsl(20, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(20, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 60.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.95, 24.86, 32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.95, 40.56, 52.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.0711 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.104 46.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3927, 20.0997, 8.3882)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16A46 #468DB1

analogous

#B14657 #B16A46 #B19F46

triadic

#B16A46 #46B16A #6A46B1

tetradic

#B16A46 #57B146 #468DB1 #9F46B1

square

#B16A46 #57B146 #468DB1 #9F46B1

split-complementary

#B16A46 #46B19F #4657B1

monochromatic

#593523 #855035 #B16A46 #C68C6E #D7AF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#B16A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#B16A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16A46

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16A46	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.104 46.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc957a',
    500: '#b16a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16a46;
$custom-light: #cc957a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.187,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59506,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 46.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16A46

secondary

#8FB2C3

accent

#A9D355

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16A46

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

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