#B16040#B16040

#B16040 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.115 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16040
RGB	rgb(177, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.60, 29.91, 32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.60, 44.20, 47.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% 0.0855 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.115 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2416, 18.0855, 7.1164)
Luminance	0.1808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16040 #4091B1

analogous

#B14059 #B16040 #B19940

triadic

#B16040 #40B160 #6040B1

tetradic

#B16040 #59B140 #4091B1 #9940B1

square

#B16040 #59B140 #4091B1 #9940B1

split-complementary

#B16040 #40B199 #4059B1

monochromatic

#572F1F #844830 #B16040 #C88266 #D8A793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#B16040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#B16040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16040

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16040	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.115 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8e75',
    500: '#b16040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16040;
$custom-light: #cd8e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.991,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57673,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16040

secondary

#89B3C3

accent

#B1D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16040

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

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