#B16E28#B16E28

#B16E28 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.118 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E28
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 40)
HSL	hsl(31, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(31, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 77.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, 20.88, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 52.29, 66.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% 0.0544 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.118 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0924, 20.6546, 4.7250)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E28 #286BB1

analogous

#B12928 #B16E28 #B0B128

triadic

#B16E28 #28B16E #6E28B1

tetradic

#B16E28 #28B129 #286BB1 #B128B0

square

#B16E28 #28B129 #286BB1 #B128B0

split-complementary

#B16E28 #28B0B1 #2928B1

monochromatic

#4D3011 #7F4F1D #B16E28 #D48D42 #E0AB74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#B16E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#B16E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E28

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E28	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)

#83741E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.118 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9767',
    500: '#b16e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e28;
$custom-light: #ce9767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.657,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59881,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E28

secondary

#6E99C7

accent

#92E642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E28

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

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