#B16F56#B16F56

#B16F56 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.092 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16F56
RGB	rgb(177, 111, 86)
HSL	hsl(16, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(16, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 51.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, 23.44, 24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 34.15, 46.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% 0.069 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.092 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4971, 21.3901, 11.5881)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16F56 #5698B1

analogous

#B1566B #B16F56 #B19D56

triadic

#B16F56 #56B16F #6F56B1

tetradic

#B16F56 #6BB156 #5698B1 #9D56B1

square

#B16F56 #6BB156 #5698B1 #9D56B1

split-complementary

#B16F56 #56B19D #566BB1

monochromatic

#603B2C #8A5440 #B16F56 #C49380 #D8B6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#B16F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#B16F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16F56

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16F56	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 111, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.092 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9986',
    500: '#b16f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16f56;
$custom-light: #cb9986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.484,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60685,
    "c": 0.09205,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16F56

secondary

#9DBAC5

accent

#AECD5B

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F2EF

border

#D2CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16F56

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

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