#B16E40#B16E40

#B16E40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.105 H 53.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E40
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 64)
HSL	hsl(24, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(24, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 22.20, 36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 42.60, 58.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.0621 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.105 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6346, 20.8715, 7.5807)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E40 #4083B1

analogous

#B1404A #B16E40 #B1A740

triadic

#B16E40 #40B16E #6E40B1

tetradic

#B16E40 #4AB140 #4083B1 #A740B1

square

#B16E40 #4AB140 #4083B1 #A740B1

split-complementary

#B16E40 #40B1A7 #404AB1

monochromatic

#57361F #845230 #B16E40 #C88E66 #D8AF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#B16E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#B16E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E40

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E40	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16063

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.105 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9876',
    500: '#b16e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e40;
$custom-light: #cd9876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.425,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60142,
    "c": 0.10509,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E40

secondary

#89ACC3

accent

#A0D751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E40

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

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