#B16037#B16037

#B16037 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.119 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16037
RGB	rgb(177, 96, 55)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(20, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 29.34, 37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 47.48, 51.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.0822 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.119 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0059, 17.9912, 5.8748)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16037 #3788B1

analogous

#B1374B #B16037 #B19D37

triadic

#B16037 #37B160 #6037B1

tetradic

#B16037 #4BB137 #3788B1 #9D37B1

square

#B16037 #4BB137 #3788B1 #9D37B1

split-complementary

#B16037 #37B19D #374BB1

monochromatic

#542D1A #824728 #B16037 #CC805A #DAA488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#B16037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#B16037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16037

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16037	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 96, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.119 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8e6f',
    500: '#b16037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16037;
$custom-light: #ce8e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.164,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57549,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16037

secondary

#80ADC4

accent

#ACDC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16037

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

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