#B16C2A#B16C2A

#B16C2A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.118 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16C2A
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 42)
HSL	hsl(29, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(29, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.11, 22.08, 46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.11, 51.56, 64.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.0583 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.118 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9139, 20.2418, 4.8377)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16C2A #2A6FB1

analogous

#B12A2C #B16C2A #B1AF2A

triadic

#B16C2A #2AB16C #6C2AB1

tetradic

#B16C2A #2CB12A #2A6FB1 #AF2AB1

square

#B16C2A #2CB12A #2A6FB1 #AF2AB1

split-complementary

#B16C2A #2AB1AF #2A2CB1

monochromatic

#4E3013 #804E1E #B16C2A #D38B45 #DFAA77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#B16C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#B16C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16C2A

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16C2A	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)

#817321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91822B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.118 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9668',
    500: '#b16c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16c2a;
$custom-light: #ce9668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.333,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5953,
    "c": 0.11815,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16C2A

secondary

#709CC6

accent

#96E543

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16C2A

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

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