#B16E52#B16E52

#B16E52 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.095 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16E52
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 82)
HSL	hsl(18, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 53.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.07, 23.63, 26.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.07, 35.67, 48.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.0691 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.095 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2320, 21.1104, 10.7269)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16E52 #5295B1

analogous

#B15265 #B16E52 #B19D52

triadic

#B16E52 #52B16E #6E52B1

tetradic

#B16E52 #65B152 #5295B1 #9D52B1

square

#B16E52 #65B152 #5295B1 #9D52B1

split-complementary

#B16E52 #52B19D #5265B1

monochromatic

#5E3A2A #88543D #B16E52 #C4917C #D7B5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#B16E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#B16E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16E52

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16E52	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06267

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.095 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9883',
    500: '#b16e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16e52;
$custom-light: #cc9883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.684,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60429,
    "c": 0.09486,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16E52

secondary

#9AB8C4

accent

#ACCE5A

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F2EF

border

#D2CCCA

text

#140D0A

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16E52

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

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