#B16D2B#B16D2B

#B16D2B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.117 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16D2B
RGB	rgb(177, 109, 43)
HSL	hsl(30, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(30, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 75.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, 21.56, 46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 51.15, 65.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.0569 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.117 61)
XYZ	xyz(24.0381, 20.4612, 4.9685)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16D2B #2B6FB1

analogous

#B12B2C #B16D2B #B1B02B

triadic

#B16D2B #2BB16D #6D2BB1

tetradic

#B16D2B #2CB12B #2B6FB1 #B02BB1

square

#B16D2B #2CB12B #2B6FB1 #B02BB1

split-complementary

#B16D2B #2BB1B0 #2B2CB1

monochromatic

#4F3013 #804F1F #B16D2B #D28C47 #DEAA78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#B16D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#B16D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16D2B

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16D2B	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 109, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.117 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9768',
    500: '#b16d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16d2b;
$custom-light: #ce9768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.552,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59722,
    "c": 0.1173,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.20459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16D2B

secondary

#729DC6

accent

#95E444

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16D2B

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

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