#B16D44#B16D44

#B16D44 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.103 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16D44
RGB	rgb(177, 109, 68)
HSL	hsl(23, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(23, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 61.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.62, 23.04, 33.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.62, 41.05, 55.85°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.0653 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.103 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6452, 20.7041, 8.1661)
Luminance	0.2070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16D44 #4488B1

analogous

#B14451 #B16D44 #B1A344

triadic

#B16D44 #44B16D #6D44B1

tetradic

#B16D44 #51B144 #4488B1 #A344B1

square

#B16D44 #51B144 #4488B1 #A344B1

split-complementary

#B16D44 #44B1A3 #4451B1

monochromatic

#593722 #855233 #B16D44 #C68E6C #D7B098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#B16D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#B16D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16D44

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16D44	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06063

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 109, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.103 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9779',
    500: '#b16d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16d44;
$custom-light: #cc9779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.569,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60017,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16D44

secondary

#8DAFC3

accent

#A4D454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16D44

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

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