#B16B4E#B16B4E

#B16B4E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.099 H 43.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16B4E
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 78)
HSL	hsl(18, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(18, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 55.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 24.95, 28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 37.51, 48.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% 0.0725 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.099 43)
XYZ	xyz(24.7660, 20.4149, 9.8424)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16B4E #4E94B1

analogous

#B14E62 #B16B4E #B19D4E

triadic

#B16B4E #4EB16B #6B4EB1

tetradic

#B16B4E #62B14E #4E94B1 #9D4EB1

square

#B16B4E #62B14E #4E94B1 #9D4EB1

split-complementary

#B16B4E #4EB19D #4E62B1

monochromatic

#5C3829 #87513B #B16B4E #C48F78 #D6B2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#B16B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#B16B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16B4E

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16B4E	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D744C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E834D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.099 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9680',
    500: '#b16b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16b4e;
$custom-light: #cc9680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.576,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59817,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.20413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16B4E

secondary

#97B7C4

accent

#ACCF59

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#140D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16B4E

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

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