#B16231#B16231

#B16231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.120 H 50.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16231
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 49)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(23, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 27.92, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 49.51, 55.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.0769 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.12 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0555, 18.3068, 5.2245)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16231 #3180B1

analogous

#B13140 #B16231 #B1A231

triadic

#B16231 #31B162 #6231B1

tetradic

#B16231 #40B131 #3180B1 #A231B1

square

#B16231 #40B131 #3180B1 #A231B1

split-complementary

#B16231 #31B1A2 #3140B1

monochromatic

#512D16 #814724 #B16231 #CF8151 #DCA380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#B16231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#B16231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16231

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16231	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)

#786C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.120 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8f6b',
    500: '#b16231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16231;
$custom-light: #ce8f6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.969,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5782,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16231

secondary

#79A8C5

accent

#A6E048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16231

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

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