#B16E49#B16E49

#B16E49 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.100 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E49
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 73)
HSL	hsl(21, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(21, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 58.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 22.87, 31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 39.00, 54.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% 0.0655 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.1 49)
XYZ	xyz(24.9117, 20.9823, 9.0400)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E49 #498CB1

analogous

#B14958 #B16E49 #B1A249

triadic

#B16E49 #49B16E #6E49B1

tetradic

#B16E49 #58B149 #498CB1 #A249B1

square

#B16E49 #58B149 #498CB1 #A249B1

split-complementary

#B16E49 #49B1A2 #4958B1

monochromatic

#5A3825 #865337 #B16E49 #C59072 #D7B29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B16E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#B16E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E49

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E49	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.100 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc987c',
    500: '#b16e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e49;
$custom-light: #cc987c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.346,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60276,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.2098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E49

secondary

#92B2C3

accent

#A6D156

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E49

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

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