#B16140#B16140

#B16140 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.114 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16140
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.82, 29.36, 32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.82, 44.03, 48.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.0838 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.114 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3334, 18.2692, 7.1470)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16140 #4090B1

analogous

#B14058 #B16140 #B19A40

triadic

#B16140 #40B161 #6140B1

tetradic

#B16140 #58B140 #4090B1 #9A40B1

square

#B16140 #58B140 #4090B1 #9A40B1

split-complementary

#B16140 #40B19A #4058B1

monochromatic

#57301F #844830 #B16140 #C88366 #D8A793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#B16140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#B16140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16140

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16140	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.114 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8f75',
    500: '#b16140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16140;
$custom-light: #cd8f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.522,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57843,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16140

secondary

#89B2C3

accent

#B0D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16140

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

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