#B16234#B16234

#B16234 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.119 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16234
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 52)
HSL	hsl(22, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(22, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 70.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 28.08, 39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 48.36, 54.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.0779 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.119 49)
XYZ	xyz(23.1210, 18.3329, 5.5692)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16234 #3483B1

analogous

#B13445 #B16234 #B1A134

triadic

#B16234 #34B162 #6234B1

tetradic

#B16234 #45B134 #3483B1 #A134B1

square

#B16234 #45B134 #3483B1 #A134B1

split-complementary

#B16234 #34B1A1 #3445B1

monochromatic

#522E18 #824826 #B16234 #CD8155 #DBA484

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#B16234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#B16234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16234

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16234	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.119 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8f6d',
    500: '#b16234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16234;
$custom-light: #ce8f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.08,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57854,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.1833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16234

secondary

#7CAAC5

accent

#A7DE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16234

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

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