#B16039#B16039

#B16039 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.118 H 45.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16039
RGB	rgb(177, 96, 57)
HSL	hsl(20, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(20, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 67.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 29.46, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 46.74, 50.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% 0.0829 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.118 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0548, 18.0108, 6.1324)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16039 #398AB1

analogous

#B1394E #B16039 #B19C39

triadic

#B16039 #39B160 #6039B1

tetradic

#B16039 #4EB139 #398AB1 #9C39B1

square

#B16039 #4EB139 #398AB1 #9C39B1

split-complementary

#B16039 #39B19C #394EB1

monochromatic

#542E1B #83472A #B16039 #CB805D #DAA48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#B16039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#B16039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16039

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16039	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#766B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 96, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.118 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8e71',
    500: '#b16039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16039;
$custom-light: #ce8e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.5,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57575,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16039

secondary

#82AEC4

accent

#ADDB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16039

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

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