#B16C32#B16C32

#B16C32 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.114 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16C32
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 50)
HSL	hsl(27, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(27, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 71.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, 22.46, 42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 48.40, 62.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.0607 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.114 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0717, 20.3049, 5.6685)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16C32 #3277B1

analogous

#B13237 #B16C32 #B1AC32

triadic

#B16C32 #32B16C #6C32B1

tetradic

#B16C32 #37B132 #3277B1 #AC32B1

square

#B16C32 #37B132 #3277B1 #AC32B1

split-complementary

#B16C32 #32B1AC #3237B1

monochromatic

#523217 #814F25 #B16C32 #CE8B52 #DCAB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#B16C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#B16C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16C32

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16C32	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)

#81732B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.114 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd966d',
    500: '#b16c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16c32;
$custom-light: #cd966d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.402,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59607,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16C32

secondary

#7AA3C5

accent

#9ADF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16C32

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

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