#B16E17#B16E17

#B16E17 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.125 H 66.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E17
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 23)
HSL	hsl(34, 77%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(34, 87%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 87%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, 20.31, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 57.99, 69.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.0507 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.125 66.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8641, 20.5633, 3.5228)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E17 #175AB1

analogous

#B12117 #B16E17 #A7B117

triadic

#B16E17 #17B16E #6E17B1

tetradic

#B16E17 #17B121 #175AB1 #B117A7

square

#B16E17 #17B121 #175AB1 #B117A7

split-complementary

#B16E17 #17A7B1 #2117B1

monochromatic

#452B09 #7B4C10 #B16E17 #E28F23 #E9AB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#B16E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#B16E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E17

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E17	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)

#847400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.125 66.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf975e',
    500: '#b16e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e17;
$custom-light: #cf975e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.896,
    "s": 77,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5977,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 66.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E17

secondary

#578ACD

accent

#87F434

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FBF2EA

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150D05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E17

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

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