#B16229#B16229

#B16229 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.124 H 52.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16229
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 41)
HSL	hsl(25, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(25, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 76.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.79, 27.55, 44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.79, 52.54, 58.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.0745 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.124 52.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9014, 18.2451, 4.4130)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16229 #2978B1

analogous

#B12934 #B16229 #B1A629

triadic

#B16229 #29B162 #6229B1

tetradic

#B16229 #34B129 #2978B1 #A629B1

square

#B16229 #34B129 #2978B1 #A629B1

split-complementary

#B16229 #29B1A6 #2934B1

monochromatic

#4E2B12 #7F461D #B16229 #D48044 #DFA275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#B16229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#B16229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16229

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16229	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)

#796C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.124 52.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8f66',
    500: '#b16229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16229;
$custom-light: #ce8f66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.147,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5774,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 52.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16229

secondary

#6FA2C7

accent

#A1E542

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16229

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

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