#B16F36#B16F36

#B16F36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.111 H 59.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16F36
RGB	rgb(177, 111, 54)
HSL	hsl(28, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(28, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 69.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 21.01, 41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 46.69, 63.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.057 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.111 59)
XYZ	xyz(24.4836, 20.9847, 6.2503)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16F36 #3678B1

analogous

#B1363A #B16F36 #B1AD36

triadic

#B16F36 #36B16F #6F36B1

tetradic

#B16F36 #3AB136 #3678B1 #AD36B1

square

#B16F36 #3AB136 #3678B1 #AD36B1

split-complementary

#B16F36 #36B1AD #363AB1

monochromatic

#533419 #825228 #B16F36 #CC8E58 #DAAE87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B16F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#B16F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16F36

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16F36	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)

#837530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16162

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 111, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.111 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd986f',
    500: '#b16f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16f36;
$custom-light: #cd986f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.805,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60202,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.20982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16F36

secondary

#7FA4C4

accent

#99DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16F36

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

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