#B16C31#B16C31

#B16C31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.115 H 58.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16C31
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 49)
HSL	hsl(28, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(28, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 22.41, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 48.80, 62.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% 0.0603 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.115 58.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0503, 20.2964, 5.5561)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16C31 #3176B1

analogous

#B13136 #B16C31 #B1AC31

triadic

#B16C31 #31B16C #6C31B1

tetradic

#B16C31 #36B131 #3176B1 #AC31B1

square

#B16C31 #36B131 #3176B1 #AC31B1

split-complementary

#B16C31 #31B1AC #3136B1

monochromatic

#513216 #814F24 #B16C31 #CF8B51 #DCAB80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#B16C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#B16C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16C31

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16C31	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81732A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.115 58.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd966c',
    500: '#b16c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16c31;
$custom-light: #cd966c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.656,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59597,
    "c": 0.11456,
    "h": 58.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16C31

secondary

#79A2C5

accent

#9AE048

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16C31

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

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