#B16B43#B16B43

#B16B43 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.105 H 49.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16B43
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 67)
HSL	hsl(22, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(22, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 62.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, 24.08, 33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 41.62, 54.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.0682 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.105 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4041, 20.2701, 7.9364)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16B43 #4389B1

analogous

#B14352 #B16B43 #B1A243

triadic

#B16B43 #43B16B #6B43B1

tetradic

#B16B43 #52B143 #4389B1 #A243B1

square

#B16B43 #52B143 #4389B1 #A243B1

split-complementary

#B16B43 #43B1A2 #4352B1

monochromatic

#583521 #855032 #B16B43 #C78C6A #D8AE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#B16B43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#B16B43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16B43

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16B43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16B43	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)

#7E733F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16b43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.105 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9678',
    500: '#b16b43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16b43;
$custom-light: #cd9678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16b43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5964,
    "c": 0.10505,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16B43

secondary

#8CAFC3

accent

#A6D553

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16B43

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

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