#B16223#B16223

#B16223 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.126 H 54.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16223
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 35)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(27, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.75, 27.31, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.75, 54.71, 60.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.0729 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.126 54.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8046, 18.2064, 3.9030)
Luminance	0.1820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16223 #2372B1

analogous

#B1232B #B16223 #B1A923

triadic

#B16223 #23B162 #6223B1

tetradic

#B16223 #2BB123 #2372B1 #A923B1

square

#B16223 #2BB123 #2372B1 #A923B1

split-complementary

#B16223 #23B1A9 #232BB1

monochromatic

#4B290F #7E4619 #B16223 #D88039 #E2A16C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#B16223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#B16223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16223

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16223	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.126 54.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8f63',
    500: '#b16223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16223;
$custom-light: #cf8f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.62,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57689,
    "c": 0.12598,
    "h": 54.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16223

secondary

#689DC8

accent

#9EEA3E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C05

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16223

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

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