#B16D38#B16D38

#B16D38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.110 H 56.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16D38
RGB	rgb(177, 109, 56)
HSL	hsl(26, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(26, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, 22.25, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 45.93, 61.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.061 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.11 56.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3158, 20.5723, 6.4309)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16D38 #387CB1

analogous

#B1383F #B16D38 #B1A938

triadic

#B16D38 #38B16D #6D38B1

tetradic

#B16D38 #3FB138 #387CB1 #A938B1

square

#B16D38 #3FB138 #387CB1 #A938B1

split-complementary

#B16D38 #38B1A9 #383FB1

monochromatic

#54341B #835029 #B16D38 #CB8C5B #DAAD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#B16D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#B16D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16D38

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16D38	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)

#817433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 109, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.110 56.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9771',
    500: '#b16d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16d38;
$custom-light: #cd9771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.281,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59857,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 56.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16D38

secondary

#81A7C4

accent

#9DDB4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16D38

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

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