#B16E35#B16E35

#B16E35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.112 H 58.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E35
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 53)
HSL	hsl(28, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 70.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 21.51, 41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 47.13, 62.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% 0.0583 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.112 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3519, 20.7584, 6.0918)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E35 #3578B1

analogous

#B1353A #B16E35 #B1AC35

triadic

#B16E35 #35B16E #6E35B1

tetradic

#B16E35 #3AB135 #3578B1 #AC35B1

square

#B16E35 #3AB135 #3578B1 #AC35B1

split-complementary

#B16E35 #35B1AC #353AB1

monochromatic

#533319 #825127 #B16E35 #CD8D57 #DBAD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#B16E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#B16E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E35

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E35	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82752F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16061

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.112 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd986f',
    500: '#b16e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e35;
$custom-light: #cd986f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.581,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60006,
    "c": 0.11153,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E35

secondary

#7DA4C4

accent

#9ADD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E35

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

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