#B16D37#B16D37

#B16D37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.111 H 56.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16D37
RGB	rgb(177, 109, 55)
HSL	hsl(27, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(27, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, 22.19, 40.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 46.33, 61.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.0606 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.111 56.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2916, 20.5626, 6.3034)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16D37 #377BB1

analogous

#B1373E #B16D37 #B1AA37

triadic

#B16D37 #37B16D #6D37B1

tetradic

#B16D37 #3EB137 #377BB1 #AA37B1

square

#B16D37 #3EB137 #377BB1 #AA37B1

split-complementary

#B16D37 #37B1AA #373EB1

monochromatic

#54331A #825028 #B16D37 #CC8C5A #DAAD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#B16D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#B16D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16D37

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16D37	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 109, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.111 56.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9770',
    500: '#b16d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16d37;
$custom-light: #cd9770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.557,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59845,
    "c": 0.11081,
    "h": 56.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16D37

secondary

#80A6C4

accent

#9CDC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16D37

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

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