#B16225#B16225

#B16225 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.125 H 54.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16225
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 37)
HSL	hsl(26, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(26, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 79.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.76, 27.38, 46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.76, 54.00, 59.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.0734 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.125 54.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8351, 18.2186, 4.0639)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16225 #2574B1

analogous

#B1252E #B16225 #B1A825

triadic

#B16225 #25B162 #6225B1

tetradic

#B16225 #2EB125 #2574B1 #A825B1

square

#B16225 #2EB125 #2574B1 #A825B1

split-complementary

#B16225 #25B1A8 #252EB1

monochromatic

#4C2A10 #7E461A #B16225 #D6803D #E1A16F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#B16225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#B16225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16225

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16225	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	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)

#796B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.125 54.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8f64',
    500: '#b16225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16225;
$custom-light: #cf8f64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.143,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57705,
    "c": 0.12518,
    "h": 54.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16225

secondary

#6A9FC8

accent

#9FE83F

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16225

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

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