#B16A4E#B16A4E

#B16A4E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.100 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16A4E
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 78)
HSL	hsl(17, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(17, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 55.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 25.50, 27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 37.66, 47.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.0742 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.1 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6623, 20.2076, 9.8079)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16A4E #4E95B1

analogous

#B14E63 #B16A4E #B19C4E

triadic

#B16A4E #4EB16A #6A4EB1

tetradic

#B16A4E #63B14E #4E95B1 #9C4EB1

square

#B16A4E #63B14E #4E95B1 #9C4EB1

split-complementary

#B16A4E #4EB19C #4E63B1

monochromatic

#5C3729 #87513B #B16A4E #C48E78 #D6B2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#B16A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#B16A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16A4E

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16A4E	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C734C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D824D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.100 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9580',
    500: '#b16a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16a4e;
$custom-light: #cc9580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.97,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59638,
    "c": 0.09998,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16A4E

secondary

#97B7C4

accent

#ADCF59

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#140D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16A4E

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

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