#B16038#B16038

#B16038 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.118 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16038
RGB	rgb(177, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(20, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.50, 29.40, 36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.50, 47.11, 51.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% 0.0825 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.118 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0301, 18.0009, 6.0023)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16038 #3889B1

analogous

#B1384C #B16038 #B19C38

triadic

#B16038 #38B160 #6038B1

tetradic

#B16038 #4CB138 #3889B1 #9C38B1

square

#B16038 #4CB138 #3889B1 #9C38B1

split-complementary

#B16038 #38B19C #384CB1

monochromatic

#542E1B #834729 #B16038 #CB805B #DAA48A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#B16038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#B16038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16038

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16038	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)

#766B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.118 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8e70',
    500: '#b16038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16038;
$custom-light: #ce8e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.835,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57562,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16038

secondary

#81AEC4

accent

#ACDB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16038

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

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