#B16E20#B16E20

#B16E20 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.122 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E20
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 32)
HSL	hsl(32, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(32, 82%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 81.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.52, 20.57, 51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.52, 55.18, 68.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% 0.0525 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.122 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9701, 20.6057, 4.0812)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E20 #2063B1

analogous

#B12520 #B16E20 #ABB120

triadic

#B16E20 #20B16E #6E20B1

tetradic

#B16E20 #20B125 #2063B1 #B120AB

square

#B16E20 #20B125 #2063B1 #B120AB

split-complementary

#B16E20 #20ABB1 #2520B1

monochromatic

#492E0D #7D4E17 #B16E20 #DA8D34 #E4AA68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#B16E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#B16E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E20

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E20	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	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)

#837412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.122 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9762',
    500: '#b16e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e20;
$custom-light: #ce9762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.276,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59822,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E20

secondary

#6493C9

accent

#8DEC3C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E20

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

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