#B16232#B16232

#B16232 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.120 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16232
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 50)
HSL	hsl(23, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(23, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 71.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 27.98, 40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 49.13, 55.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.0772 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.12 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0769, 18.3153, 5.3369)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16232 #3281B1

analogous

#B13242 #B16232 #B1A232

triadic

#B16232 #32B162 #6232B1

tetradic

#B16232 #42B132 #3281B1 #A232B1

square

#B16232 #42B132 #3281B1 #A232B1

split-complementary

#B16232 #32B1A2 #3242B1

monochromatic

#522D17 #814825 #B16232 #CE8152 #DCA482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#B16232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#B16232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16232

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16232	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	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)

#786C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.120 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8f6c',
    500: '#b16232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16232;
$custom-light: #ce8f6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.677,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57831,
    "c": 0.11951,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16232

secondary

#7AA9C5

accent

#A6DF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16232

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

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