#B16226#B16226

#B16226 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.125 H 53.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16226
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 38)
HSL	hsl(26, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(26, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 78.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.77, 27.42, 46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.77, 53.64, 59.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.0736 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.125 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8511, 18.2250, 4.1477)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16226 #2675B1

analogous

#B12630 #B16226 #B1A726

triadic

#B16226 #26B162 #6226B1

tetradic

#B16226 #30B126 #2675B1 #A726B1

square

#B16226 #30B126 #2675B1 #A726B1

split-complementary

#B16226 #26B1A7 #2630B1

monochromatic

#4C2A10 #7F461B #B16226 #D6803F #E0A171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#B16226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#B16226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16226

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16226	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)

#796B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.125 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8f64',
    500: '#b16226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16226;
$custom-light: #cf8f64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.899,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57713,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16226

secondary

#6BA0C7

accent

#9FE840

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16226

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

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