#B16B44#B16B44

#B16B44 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.104 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16B44
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 68)
HSL	hsl(21, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(21, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 61.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, 24.15, 33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 41.23, 54.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.0686 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.104 49)
XYZ	xyz(24.4343, 20.2822, 8.0957)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16B44 #448AB1

analogous

#B14453 #B16B44 #B1A144

triadic

#B16B44 #44B16B #6B44B1

tetradic

#B16B44 #53B144 #448AB1 #A144B1

square

#B16B44 #53B144 #448AB1 #A144B1

split-complementary

#B16B44 #44B1A1 #4453B1

monochromatic

#593622 #855033 #B16B44 #C68C6C #D7AF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#B16B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#B16B44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16B44

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16B44	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.104 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9679',
    500: '#b16b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16b44;
$custom-light: #cc9679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.468,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59655,
    "c": 0.10449,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.2028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16B44

secondary

#8DB0C3

accent

#A6D454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16B44

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

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