#B16227#B16227

#B16227 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.124 H 53.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16227
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 39)
HSL	hsl(26, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(26, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, 27.46, 45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 53.27, 58.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.0739 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.124 53.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8674, 18.2315, 4.2339)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16227 #2776B1

analogous

#B12731 #B16227 #B1A727

triadic

#B16227 #27B162 #6227B1

tetradic

#B16227 #31B127 #2776B1 #A727B1

square

#B16227 #31B127 #2776B1 #A727B1

split-complementary

#B16227 #27B1A7 #2731B1

monochromatic

#4D2A11 #7F461C #B16227 #D58040 #E0A172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#B16227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#B16227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16227

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16227	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	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)

#796B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.124 53.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8f65',
    500: '#b16227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16227;
$custom-light: #ce8f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.652,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57722,
    "c": 0.12437,
    "h": 53.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16227

secondary

#6DA0C7

accent

#A0E741

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16227

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

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