#B16B40#B16B40

#B16B40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.107 H 51.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16B40
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 64)
HSL	hsl(23, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(23, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, 23.87, 35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 42.80, 56.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% 0.0671 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.107 51)
XYZ	xyz(24.3164, 20.2350, 7.4746)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16B40 #4086B1

analogous

#B1404D #B16B40 #B1A440

triadic

#B16B40 #40B16B #6B40B1

tetradic

#B16B40 #4DB140 #4086B1 #A440B1

square

#B16B40 #4DB140 #4086B1 #A440B1

split-complementary

#B16B40 #40B1A4 #404DB1

monochromatic

#57351F #845030 #B16B40 #C88B66 #D8AD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#B16B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#B16B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16B40

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16B40	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F733C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.107 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9676',
    500: '#b16b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16b40;
$custom-light: #cd9676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.832,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59597,
    "c": 0.10672,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.20233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16B40

secondary

#89ADC3

accent

#A4D751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16B40

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

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