#B16228#B16228

#B16228 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.124 H 53.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16228
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 40)
HSL	hsl(25, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(25, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 77.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, 27.50, 45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 52.91, 58.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% 0.0742 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.124 53.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8842, 18.2382, 4.3223)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16228 #2877B1

analogous

#B12833 #B16228 #B1A628

triadic

#B16228 #28B162 #6228B1

tetradic

#B16228 #33B128 #2877B1 #A628B1

square

#B16228 #33B128 #2877B1 #A628B1

split-complementary

#B16228 #28B1A6 #2833B1

monochromatic

#4D2B11 #7F461D #B16228 #D48042 #E0A174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#B16228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#B16228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16228

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16228	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)

#796B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.124 53.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8f66',
    500: '#b16228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16228;
$custom-light: #ce8f66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.401,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57731,
    "c": 0.12395,
    "h": 53.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16228

secondary

#6EA1C7

accent

#A1E642

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16228

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

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