#B16E43#B16E43

#B16E43 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.103 H 52.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E43
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 67)
HSL	hsl(23, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(23, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 62.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 22.41, 34.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 41.38, 57.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.0632 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.103 52.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7223, 20.9065, 8.0425)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E43 #4386B1

analogous

#B1434F #B16E43 #B1A543

triadic

#B16E43 #43B16E #6E43B1

tetradic

#B16E43 #4FB143 #4386B1 #A543B1

square

#B16E43 #4FB143 #4386B1 #A543B1

split-complementary

#B16E43 #43B1A5 #434FB1

monochromatic

#583721 #855232 #B16E43 #C78F6A #D8B097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#B16E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#B16E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E43

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E43	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.103 52.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9878',
    500: '#b16e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e43;
$custom-light: #cc9878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.455,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60185,
    "c": 0.10332,
    "h": 52.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E43

secondary

#8CAEC3

accent

#A2D553

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E43

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

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