#B16B2E#B16B2E

#B16B2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.117 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16B2E
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 46)
HSL	hsl(28, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(28, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 74%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, 22.82, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 50.03, 62.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% 0.0611 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.117 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8843, 20.0622, 5.1988)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16B2E #2E74B1

analogous

#B12E32 #B16B2E #B1AC2E

triadic

#B16B2E #2EB16B #6B2EB1

tetradic

#B16B2E #32B12E #2E74B1 #AC2EB1

square

#B16B2E #32B12E #2E74B1 #AC2EB1

split-complementary

#B16B2E #2EB1AC #2E32B1

monochromatic

#503015 #804E21 #B16B2E #D08A4C #DDA97C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#B16B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#B16B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16B2E

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16B2E	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)

#807227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91822E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.117 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce956a',
    500: '#b16b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16b2e;
$custom-light: #ce956a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.939,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59384,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16B2E

secondary

#75A0C6

accent

#99E246

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16B2E

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

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