#B16E48#B16E48

#B16E48 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.100 H 49.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E48
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 72)
HSL	hsl(22, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(22, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 59.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.92, 22.79, 32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.92, 39.39, 54.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.0651 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.1 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8788, 20.9691, 8.8668)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E48 #488BB1

analogous

#B14857 #B16E48 #B1A348

triadic

#B16E48 #48B16E #6E48B1

tetradic

#B16E48 #57B148 #488BB1 #A348B1

square

#B16E48 #57B148 #488BB1 #A348B1

split-complementary

#B16E48 #48B1A3 #4857B1

monochromatic

#5A3825 #855336 #B16E48 #C58F71 #D7B29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B16E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#B16E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E48

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E48	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.100 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc987c',
    500: '#b16e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e48;
$custom-light: #cc987c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.714,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6026,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E48

secondary

#91B1C3

accent

#A5D256

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E48

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

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