#B16E39#B16E39

#B16E39 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.109 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E39
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 57)
HSL	hsl(27, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(27, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 67.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 21.75, 39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 45.48, 61.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.0596 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.109 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4478, 20.7967, 6.5967)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E39 #397CB1

analogous

#B13940 #B16E39 #B1AA39

triadic

#B16E39 #39B16E #6E39B1

tetradic

#B16E39 #40B139 #397CB1 #AA39B1

square

#B16E39 #40B139 #397CB1 #AA39B1

split-complementary

#B16E39 #39B1AA #3940B1

monochromatic

#54341B #83512A #B16E39 #CB8D5D #DAAE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#B16E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#B16E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E39

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E39	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16062

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.109 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9871',
    500: '#b16e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e39;
$custom-light: #cd9871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.5,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60052,
    "c": 0.10923,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E39

secondary

#82A7C4

accent

#9CDB4D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E39

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

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