#B16B26#B16B26

#B16B26 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.120 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16B26
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 38)
HSL	hsl(30, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(30, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 78.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.84, 22.46, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.84, 53.09, 64.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% 0.0589 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.12 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7410, 20.0049, 4.4444)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16B26 #266CB1

analogous

#B12627 #B16B26 #B1B126

triadic

#B16B26 #26B16B #6B26B1

tetradic

#B16B26 #27B126 #266CB1 #B126B1

square

#B16B26 #27B126 #266CB1 #B126B1

split-complementary

#B16B26 #26B1B1 #2627B1

monochromatic

#4C2E10 #7F4D1B #B16B26 #D68A3F #E0A871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#B16B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#B16B26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16B26

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16B26	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81721C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.120 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9565',
    500: '#b16b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16b26;
$custom-light: #ce9565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.784,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59314,
    "c": 0.12043,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16B26

secondary

#6B9AC7

accent

#95E840

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16B26

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

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