#B16E2B#B16E2B

#B16E2B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.117 H 61.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E2B
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 43)
HSL	hsl(30, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(30, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 75.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.59, 21.01, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.59, 51.14, 65.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.0553 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.117 61.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1454, 20.6758, 5.0043)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E2B #2B6EB1

analogous

#B12B2B #B16E2B #B1B12B

triadic

#B16E2B #2BB16E #6E2BB1

tetradic

#B16E2B #2BB12B #2B6EB1 #B12BB1

square

#B16E2B #2BB12B #2B6EB1 #B12BB1

split-complementary

#B16E2B #2BB1B1 #2B2BB1

monochromatic

#4F3113 #804F1F #B16E2B #D28D47 #DEAB78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#B16E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#B16E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E2B

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E2B	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)

#837422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.117 61.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9868',
    500: '#b16e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e2b;
$custom-light: #ce9868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59906,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 61.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E2B

secondary

#729CC6

accent

#94E444

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E2B

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

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