#B16E31#B16E31

#B16E31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.114 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E31
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 49)
HSL	hsl(29, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(29, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 21.30, 43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 48.75, 64.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% 0.057 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.114 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2637, 20.7231, 5.6273)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E31 #3174B1

analogous

#B13134 #B16E31 #B1AE31

triadic

#B16E31 #31B16E #6E31B1

tetradic

#B16E31 #34B131 #3174B1 #AE31B1

square

#B16E31 #34B131 #3174B1 #AE31B1

split-complementary

#B16E31 #31B1AE #3134B1

monochromatic

#513216 #815024 #B16E31 #CF8D51 #DCAC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#B16E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#B16E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E31

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E31	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	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)

#82742A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.114 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd986c',
    500: '#b16e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e31;
$custom-light: #cd986c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.594,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59963,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E31

secondary

#79A1C5

accent

#97E048

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E31

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

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