#B16C28#B16C28

#B16C28 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.119 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16C28
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 40)
HSL	hsl(30, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(30, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 77.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, 21.99, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 52.32, 65.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.0577 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.119 61)
XYZ	xyz(23.8790, 20.2279, 4.6539)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16C28 #286DB1

analogous

#B12828 #B16C28 #B1B128

triadic

#B16C28 #28B16C #6C28B1

tetradic

#B16C28 #28B128 #286DB1 #B128B1

square

#B16C28 #28B128 #286DB1 #B128B1

split-complementary

#B16C28 #28B1B1 #2828B1

monochromatic

#4D2F11 #7F4E1D #B16C28 #D48B42 #E0A974

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#B16C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#B16C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16C28

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16C28	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)

#81731F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.119 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9667',
    500: '#b16c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16c28;
$custom-light: #ce9667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.781,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59513,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.20225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16C28

secondary

#6E9BC7

accent

#95E642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16C28

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

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