#B16137#B16137

#B16137 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.118 H 46.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16137
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 55)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(21, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, 28.80, 37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 47.35, 52.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.0805 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.118 46.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0977, 18.1749, 5.9054)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16137 #3787B1

analogous

#B1374A #B16137 #B19E37

triadic

#B16137 #37B161 #6137B1

tetradic

#B16137 #4AB137 #3787B1 #9E37B1

square

#B16137 #4AB137 #3787B1 #9E37B1

split-complementary

#B16137 #37B19E #374AB1

monochromatic

#542E1A #824728 #B16137 #CC815A #DAA488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#B16137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#B16137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16137

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16137	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.118 46.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8f6f',
    500: '#b16137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16137;
$custom-light: #ce8f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.656,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57719,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 46.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16137

secondary

#80ADC4

accent

#AADC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16137

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

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