#B16B32#B16B32

#B16B32 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.114 H 57.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16B32
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 50)
HSL	hsl(27, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(27, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 71.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, 23.02, 42.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 48.44, 61.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% 0.0623 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.114 57)
XYZ	xyz(23.9668, 20.0952, 5.6336)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16B32 #3278B1

analogous

#B13239 #B16B32 #B1AB32

triadic

#B16B32 #32B16B #6B32B1

tetradic

#B16B32 #39B132 #3278B1 #AB32B1

square

#B16B32 #39B132 #3278B1 #AB32B1

split-complementary

#B16B32 #32B1AB #3239B1

monochromatic

#523117 #814E25 #B16B32 #CE8A52 #DCAA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#B16B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#B16B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16B32

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16B32	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	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)

#80722C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.114 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd956d',
    500: '#b16b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16b32;
$custom-light: #cd956d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.929,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59425,
    "c": 0.11446,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.20093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16B32

secondary

#7AA3C5

accent

#9CDF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16B32

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

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