#B16F42#B16F42

#B16F42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.103 H 53.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16F42
RGB	rgb(177, 111, 66)
HSL	hsl(24, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(24, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.07, 21.79, 35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.07, 41.73, 58.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.0612 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.103 53.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8010, 21.1116, 7.9220)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16F42 #4284B1

analogous

#B1424D #B16F42 #B1A642

triadic

#B16F42 #42B16F #6F42B1

tetradic

#B16F42 #4DB142 #4284B1 #A642B1

square

#B16F42 #4DB142 #4284B1 #A642B1

split-complementary

#B16F42 #42B1A6 #424DB1

monochromatic

#583721 #845331 #B16F42 #C78F69 #D8B096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#B16F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#B16F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16F42

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16F42	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)

#82763E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 111, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.103 53.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9877',
    500: '#b16f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16f42;
$custom-light: #cc9877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.324,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60354,
    "c": 0.1034,
    "h": 53.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16F42

secondary

#8BADC3

accent

#A0D552

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16F42

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

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