#B16D49#B16D49

#B16D49 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.100 H 48.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16D49
RGB	rgb(177, 109, 73)
HSL	hsl(21, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(21, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 58.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 23.43, 31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 39.10, 53.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.0672 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.1 48)
XYZ	xyz(24.8044, 20.7677, 9.0043)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16D49 #498DB1

analogous

#B14959 #B16D49 #B1A149

triadic

#B16D49 #49B16D #6D49B1

tetradic

#B16D49 #59B149 #498DB1 #A149B1

square

#B16D49 #59B149 #498DB1 #A149B1

split-complementary

#B16D49 #49B1A1 #4959B1

monochromatic

#5A3825 #865237 #B16D49 #C58F72 #D7B19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#B16D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#B16D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16D49

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16D49	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 109, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.100 48.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc977c',
    500: '#b16d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16d49;
$custom-light: #cc977c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.769,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60094,
    "c": 0.10044,
    "h": 48
  },
  "luminance": 0.20765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16D49

secondary

#92B2C3

accent

#A7D156

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16D49

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

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