#B16B4F#B16B4F

#B16B4F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.099 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16B4F
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 79)
HSL	hsl(17, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(17, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 55.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, 25.03, 27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 37.16, 47.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.0729 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.099 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8021, 20.4293, 10.0327)
Luminance	0.2043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16B4F #4F95B1

analogous

#B14F64 #B16B4F #B19C4F

triadic

#B16B4F #4FB16B #6B4FB1

tetradic

#B16B4F #64B14F #4F95B1 #9C4FB1

square

#B16B4F #64B14F #4F95B1 #9C4FB1

split-complementary

#B16B4F #4FB19C #4F64B1

monochromatic

#5D3829 #87513C #B16B4F #C48F79 #D7B2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#B16B4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#B16B4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16B4F

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16B4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16B4F	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D744D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E834E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16b4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.099 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9680',
    500: '#b16b4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16b4f;
$custom-light: #cc9680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16b4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 38.583,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59835,
    "c": 0.0987,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16B4F

secondary

#98B7C4

accent

#ADCF59

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#140D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16B4F

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

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