#B16F39#B16F39

#B16F39 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.109 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16F39
RGB	rgb(177, 111, 57)
HSL	hsl(27, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(27, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 67.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, 21.19, 40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 45.45, 62.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% 0.058 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.109 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5563, 21.0137, 6.6329)
Luminance	0.2101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16F39 #397BB1

analogous

#B1393F #B16F39 #B1AB39

triadic

#B16F39 #39B16F #6F39B1

tetradic

#B16F39 #3FB139 #397BB1 #AB39B1

square

#B16F39 #3FB139 #397BB1 #AB39B1

split-complementary

#B16F39 #39B1AB #393FB1

monochromatic

#54351B #83522A #B16F39 #CB8E5D #DAAE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B16F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#B16F39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16F39

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16F39	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)

#837533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 111, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.109 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9871',
    500: '#b16f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16f39;
$custom-light: #cd9871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60237,
    "c": 0.10881,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16F39

secondary

#82A6C4

accent

#9BDB4D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16F39

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

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