#B16E44#B16E44

#B16E44 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.103 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E44
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 68)
HSL	hsl(23, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(23, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 61.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, 22.49, 34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 40.98, 56.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.0636 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.103 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7525, 20.9186, 8.2018)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E44 #4487B1

analogous

#B14450 #B16E44 #B1A444

triadic

#B16E44 #44B16E #6E44B1

tetradic

#B16E44 #50B144 #4487B1 #A444B1

square

#B16E44 #50B144 #4487B1 #A444B1

split-complementary

#B16E44 #44B1A4 #4450B1

monochromatic

#593722 #855333 #B16E44 #C68F6C #D7B098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#B16E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#B16E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E44

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E44	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)

#817540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.103 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9879',
    500: '#b16e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e44;
$custom-light: #cc9879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.119,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60199,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E44

secondary

#8DAFC3

accent

#A3D454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E44

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

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