#B16E25#B16E25

#B16E25 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.120 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E25
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 37)
HSL	hsl(31, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(31, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 79.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.55, 20.76, 49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.55, 53.41, 67.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.0537 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.12 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0433, 20.6350, 4.4666)
Luminance	0.2063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E25 #2568B1

analogous

#B12825 #B16E25 #AEB125

triadic

#B16E25 #25B16E #6E25B1

tetradic

#B16E25 #25B128 #2568B1 #B125AE

square

#B16E25 #25B128 #2568B1 #B125AE

split-complementary

#B16E25 #25AEB1 #2825B1

monochromatic

#4C2F10 #7E4F1A #B16E25 #D68D3D #E1AB6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#B16E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#B16E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E25

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E25	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83741A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.120 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9765',
    500: '#b16e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e25;
$custom-light: #ce9765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.286,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59857,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E25

secondary

#6A97C8

accent

#90E83F

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E25

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

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