#B16D2C#B16D2C

#B16D2C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.117 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16D2C
RGB	rgb(177, 109, 44)
HSL	hsl(29, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(29, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 75.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, 21.61, 45.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 50.76, 64.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% 0.0572 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.117 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0567, 20.4687, 5.0663)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16D2C #2C70B1

analogous

#B12C2E #B16D2C #B1AF2C

triadic

#B16D2C #2CB16D #6D2CB1

tetradic

#B16D2C #2EB12C #2C70B1 #AF2CB1

square

#B16D2C #2EB12C #2C70B1 #AF2CB1

split-complementary

#B16D2C #2CB1AF #2C2EB1

monochromatic

#4F3114 #804F20 #B16D2C #D28C49 #DEAB7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#B16D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#B16D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16D2C

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16D2C	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)

#827424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 109, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.117 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9769',
    500: '#b16d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16d2c;
$custom-light: #ce9769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.323,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59731,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16D2C

secondary

#739DC6

accent

#96E344

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16D2C

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

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