#B16B1C#B16B1C

#B16B1C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.125 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B16B1C
RGBrgb(177, 107, 28)
HSLhsl(32, 73%, 40%)
HSVhsv(32, 84%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 39.5%, 84.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LABlab(51.78, 22.12, 52.05)
CIE-LCHlch(51.78, 56.55, 66.98°)
OKLaboklab(59.24% 0.0566 0.111)
OKLCHoklch(59.24% 0.125 63)
XYZxyz(23.6008, 19.9488, 3.7060)
Luminance0.1995 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B16B1C #1C62B1
analogous
#B1201C #B16B1C #ACB11C
triadic
#B16B1C #1CB16B #6B1CB1
tetradic
#B16B1C #1CB120 #1C62B1 #B11CAC
square
#B16B1C #1CB120 #1C62B1 #B11CAC
split-complementary
#B16B1C #1CACB1 #201CB1
monochromatic
#472B0B #7C4B14 #B16B1C #DE8A2C #E6A861

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21
#B16B1C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99
#B16B1C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16B1C
4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B16B1C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B16B1C1.004.214.994.99
#FFFFFF4.211.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9921.001.001.00
##0000004.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#81720B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#92821D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C25B5C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b16b1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.125 63.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9560',
    500: '#b16b1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b16b1c;
$custom-light: #cf9560;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b16b1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.812,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59244,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 63
  },
  "luminance": 0.19946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B16B1C
secondary
#5E91CB
accent
#8EEF38
background
#FDF9F5
surface
#FBF1EA
border
#D4CBC6
text
#150D05
muted
#837E79

Preview Lab

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#B16B1C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva