#B16E27#B16E27

#B16E27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.119 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E27
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 39)
HSL	hsl(31, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(31, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, 20.84, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 52.67, 66.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% 0.0542 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.119 62.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0756, 20.6479, 4.6366)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E27 #276AB1

analogous

#B12927 #B16E27 #AFB127

triadic

#B16E27 #27B16E #6E27B1

tetradic

#B16E27 #27B129 #276AB1 #B127AF

square

#B16E27 #27B129 #276AB1 #B127AF

split-complementary

#B16E27 #27AFB1 #2927B1

monochromatic

#4D3011 #7F4F1C #B16E27 #D58D40 #E0AB72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#B16E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#B16E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E27

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E27	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	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)

#83741D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.119 62.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9766',
    500: '#b16e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e27;
$custom-light: #ce9766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.87,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59873,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 62.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E27

secondary

#6D99C7

accent

#91E741

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E27

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

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