#B16E36#B16E36

#B16E36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.111 H 58.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E36
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 54)
HSL	hsl(27, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(27, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 69.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 21.57, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 46.71, 62.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.0586 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.111 58.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3751, 20.7677, 6.2142)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E36 #3679B1

analogous

#B1363B #B16E36 #B1AB36

triadic

#B16E36 #36B16E #6E36B1

tetradic

#B16E36 #3BB136 #3679B1 #AB36B1

square

#B16E36 #3BB136 #3679B1 #AB36B1

split-complementary

#B16E36 #36B1AB #363BB1

monochromatic

#533419 #825128 #B16E36 #CC8D58 #DAAD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#B16E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#B16E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E36

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E36	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)

#827530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16062

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.111 58.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd986f',
    500: '#b16e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e36;
$custom-light: #cd986f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.317,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60017,
    "c": 0.11096,
    "h": 58.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E36

secondary

#7FA5C4

accent

#9ADD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E36

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

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