#B16B33#B16B33

#B16B33 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.114 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16B33
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 51)
HSL	hsl(27, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(27, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 71.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.95, 23.07, 42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.95, 48.04, 61.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% 0.0626 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.114 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9886, 20.1039, 5.7484)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16B33 #3379B1

analogous

#B1333A #B16B33 #B1AA33

triadic

#B16B33 #33B16B #6B33B1

tetradic

#B16B33 #3AB133 #3379B1 #AA33B1

square

#B16B33 #3AB133 #3379B1 #AA33B1

split-complementary

#B16B33 #33B1AA #333AB1

monochromatic

#523218 #814E25 #B16B33 #CE8A54 #DBAA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#B16B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#B16B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16B33

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16B33	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)

#80722D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.114 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd966d',
    500: '#b16b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16b33;
$custom-light: #cd966d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59436,
    "c": 0.11392,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16B33

secondary

#7BA4C5

accent

#9CDF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16B33

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

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