#B16E2C#B16E2C

#B16E2C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.116 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E2C
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 44)
HSL	hsl(30, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(30, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 75.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, 21.05, 46.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 50.75, 65.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% 0.0555 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.116 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1640, 20.6832, 5.1021)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E2C #2C6FB1

analogous

#B12C2D #B16E2C #B1B02C

triadic

#B16E2C #2CB16E #6E2CB1

tetradic

#B16E2C #2DB12C #2C6FB1 #B02CB1

square

#B16E2C #2DB12C #2C6FB1 #B02CB1

split-complementary

#B16E2C #2CB1B0 #2C2DB1

monochromatic

#4F3114 #805020 #B16E2C #D28D49 #DEAB7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#B16E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#B16E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E2C

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E2C	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.116 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9869',
    500: '#b16e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e2c;
$custom-light: #ce9869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.774,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59915,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E2C

secondary

#739DC6

accent

#94E344

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E2C

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

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