#B16E2E#B16E2E

#B16E2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.115 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E2E
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 46)
HSL	hsl(29, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(29, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 74%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.62, 21.15, 45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.62, 49.96, 64.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% 0.0561 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.115 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2025, 20.6986, 5.3049)
Luminance	0.2070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E2E #2E71B1

analogous

#B12E2F #B16E2E #B1AF2E

triadic

#B16E2E #2EB16E #6E2EB1

tetradic

#B16E2E #2FB12E #2E71B1 #AF2EB1

square

#B16E2E #2FB12E #2E71B1 #AF2EB1

split-complementary

#B16E2E #2EB1AF #2E2FB1

monochromatic

#503215 #805021 #B16E2E #D08D4C #DDAC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#B16E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#B16E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E2E

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E2E	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)

#837426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92842F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.115 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce986a',
    500: '#b16e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e2e;
$custom-light: #ce986a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.313,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59934,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E2E

secondary

#759EC6

accent

#96E246

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E2E

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

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