#B16E37#B16E37

#B16E37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.110 H 57.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E37
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 55)
HSL	hsl(27, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(27, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, 21.63, 40.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 46.30, 62.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% 0.059 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.11 57.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3988, 20.7772, 6.3391)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E37 #377AB1

analogous

#B1373D #B16E37 #B1AB37

triadic

#B16E37 #37B16E #6E37B1

tetradic

#B16E37 #3DB137 #377AB1 #AB37B1

square

#B16E37 #3DB137 #377AB1 #AB37B1

split-complementary

#B16E37 #37B1AB #373DB1

monochromatic

#54341A #825128 #B16E37 #CC8D5A #DAAD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#B16E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#B16E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E37

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E37	1.00	4.07	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.07	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)

#827531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16062

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.110 57.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9870',
    500: '#b16e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e37;
$custom-light: #cd9870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.049,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60029,
    "c": 0.11039,
    "h": 57.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E37

secondary

#80A5C4

accent

#9BDC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E37

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

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