#B16230#B16230

#B16230 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.120 H 50.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16230
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 48)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(23, 73%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 72.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.86, 27.87, 41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.86, 49.89, 56.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.0766 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.12 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0346, 18.2984, 5.1146)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16230 #307FB1

analogous

#B1303F #B16230 #B1A330

triadic

#B16230 #30B162 #6230B1

tetradic

#B16230 #3FB130 #307FB1 #A330B1

square

#B16230 #3FB130 #307FB1 #A330B1

split-complementary

#B16230 #30B1A3 #303FB1

monochromatic

#512D16 #814723 #B16230 #CF814F #DCA37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#B16230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#B16230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16230

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16230	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.120 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8f6b',
    500: '#b16230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16230;
$custom-light: #ce8f6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.256,
    "s": 57.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57809,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16230

secondary

#78A7C5

accent

#A5E147

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16230

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

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