#B16B2A#B16B2A

#B16B2A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.119 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16B2A
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 42)
HSL	hsl(29, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(29, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, 22.63, 46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 51.59, 63.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.0599 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.119 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8091, 20.0321, 4.8028)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16B2A #2A70B1

analogous

#B12A2C #B16B2A #B1AE2A

triadic

#B16B2A #2AB16B #6B2AB1

tetradic

#B16B2A #2CB12A #2A70B1 #AE2AB1

square

#B16B2A #2CB12A #2A70B1 #AE2AB1

split-complementary

#B16B2A #2AB1AE #2A2CB1

monochromatic

#4E2F13 #804D1E #B16B2A #D38945 #DFA977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#B16B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#B16B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16B2A

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16B2A	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)

#807221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91822A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.119 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9568',
    500: '#b16b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16b2a;
$custom-light: #ce9568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.889,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59347,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16B2A

secondary

#709DC6

accent

#97E543

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16B2A

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

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