#B16C27#B16C27

#B16C27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.120 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16C27
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 39)
HSL	hsl(30, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(30, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, 21.95, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 52.70, 65.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% 0.0575 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.12 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8622, 20.2212, 4.5655)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16C27 #276CB1

analogous

#B12727 #B16C27 #B1B127

triadic

#B16C27 #27B16C #6C27B1

tetradic

#B16C27 #27B127 #276CB1 #B127B1

square

#B16C27 #27B127 #276CB1 #B127B1

split-complementary

#B16C27 #27B1B1 #2727B1

monochromatic

#4D2F11 #7F4D1C #B16C27 #D58B40 #E0A972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#B16C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#B16C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16C27

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16C27	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81731D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.120 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9666',
    500: '#b16c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16c27;
$custom-light: #ce9666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59504,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16C27

secondary

#6D9AC7

accent

#94E741

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16C27

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

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