#B16E1B#B16E1B

#B16E1B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.124 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E1B
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 27)
HSL	hsl(33, 74%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(33, 85%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 84.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 20.42, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 56.81, 68.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.0515 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.124 65.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9073, 20.5805, 3.7501)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E1B #1B5EB1

analogous

#B1231B #B16E1B #A9B11B

triadic

#B16E1B #1BB16E #6E1BB1

tetradic

#B16E1B #1BB123 #1B5EB1 #B11BA9

square

#B16E1B #1BB123 #1B5EB1 #B11BA9

split-complementary

#B16E1B #1BA9B1 #231BB1

monochromatic

#472C0B #7C4D13 #B16E1B #DF8E2B #E7AA60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#B16E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#B16E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E1B

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E1B	1.00	4.11	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837408

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93831D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.124 65.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9760',
    500: '#b16e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e1b;
$custom-light: #ce9760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.2,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59791,
    "c": 0.12403,
    "h": 65.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E1B

secondary

#5D8ECB

accent

#8AF038

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FBF2EA

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150D05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E1B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →