#B16B31#B16B31

#B16B31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.115 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16B31
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 49)
HSL	hsl(27, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(27, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, 22.97, 43.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 48.84, 61.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.062 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.115 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9455, 20.0867, 5.5212)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16B31 #3177B1

analogous

#B13137 #B16B31 #B1AB31

triadic

#B16B31 #31B16B #6B31B1

tetradic

#B16B31 #37B131 #3177B1 #AB31B1

square

#B16B31 #37B131 #3177B1 #AB31B1

split-complementary

#B16B31 #31B1AB #3137B1

monochromatic

#513116 #814E24 #B16B31 #CF8A51 #DCAA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#B16B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#B16B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16B31

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16B31	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80722A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.115 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd956c',
    500: '#b16b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16b31;
$custom-light: #cd956c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.188,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59414,
    "c": 0.11499,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16B31

secondary

#79A2C5

accent

#9BE048

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16B31

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

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