#B16233#B16233

#B16233 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.119 H 49.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16233
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 51)
HSL	hsl(22, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(22, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 71.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.89, 28.03, 39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.89, 48.75, 54.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.0775 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.119 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0987, 18.3240, 5.4518)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16233 #3382B1

analogous

#B13343 #B16233 #B1A133

triadic

#B16233 #33B162 #6233B1

tetradic

#B16233 #43B133 #3382B1 #A133B1

square

#B16233 #43B133 #3382B1 #A133B1

split-complementary

#B16233 #33B1A1 #3343B1

monochromatic

#522D18 #814825 #B16233 #CE8154 #DBA483

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#B16233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#B16233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16233

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16233	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)

#786C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.119 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8f6d',
    500: '#b16233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16233;
$custom-light: #ce8f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.381,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57843,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16233

secondary

#7BA9C5

accent

#A7DF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16233

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

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