#B16C38#B16C38

#B16C38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.111 H 55.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16C38
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 56)
HSL	hsl(26, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(26, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, 22.80, 39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 45.97, 60.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.0626 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.111 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2097, 20.3601, 6.3955)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16C38 #387DB1

analogous

#B13841 #B16C38 #B1A838

triadic

#B16C38 #38B16C #6C38B1

tetradic

#B16C38 #41B138 #387DB1 #A838B1

square

#B16C38 #41B138 #387DB1 #A838B1

split-complementary

#B16C38 #38B1A8 #3841B1

monochromatic

#54331B #835029 #B16C38 #CB8B5B #DAAC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#B16C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#B16C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16C38

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16C38	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.111 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9671',
    500: '#b16c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16c38;
$custom-light: #cd9671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.785,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59674,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16C38

secondary

#81A7C4

accent

#9EDB4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16C38

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

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