#B16D32#B16D32

#B16D32 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.114 H 58.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16D32
RGB	rgb(177, 109, 50)
HSL	hsl(28, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(28, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 71.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, 21.91, 43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 48.37, 63.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.059 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.114 58.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1777, 20.5171, 5.7039)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16D32 #3276B1

analogous

#B13237 #B16D32 #B1AD32

triadic

#B16D32 #32B16D #6D32B1

tetradic

#B16D32 #37B132 #3276B1 #AD32B1

square

#B16D32 #37B132 #3276B1 #AD32B1

split-complementary

#B16D32 #32B1AD #3237B1

monochromatic

#523217 #815025 #B16D32 #CE8C52 #DCAC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#B16D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#B16D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16D32

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16D32	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)

#82742B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 109, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.114 58.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd976d',
    500: '#b16d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16d32;
$custom-light: #cd976d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.874,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5979,
    "c": 0.11361,
    "h": 58.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16D32

secondary

#7AA2C5

accent

#99DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16D32

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

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