#B16D31#B16D31

#B16D31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.114 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16D31
RGB	rgb(177, 109, 49)
HSL	hsl(28, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(28, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, 21.86, 43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 48.77, 63.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.0587 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.114 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1564, 20.5085, 5.5915)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16D31 #3175B1

analogous

#B13135 #B16D31 #B1AD31

triadic

#B16D31 #31B16D #6D31B1

tetradic

#B16D31 #35B131 #3175B1 #AD31B1

square

#B16D31 #35B131 #3175B1 #AD31B1

split-complementary

#B16D31 #31B1AD #3135B1

monochromatic

#513216 #814F24 #B16D31 #CF8C51 #DCAB80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#B16D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#B16D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16D31

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16D31	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82742A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 109, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.114 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd976c',
    500: '#b16d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16d31;
$custom-light: #cd976c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.125,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5978,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16D31

secondary

#79A1C5

accent

#99E048

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16D31

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

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