#B16235#B16235

#B16235 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.118 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16235
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 53)
HSL	hsl(22, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(22, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 70.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.91, 28.14, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.91, 47.98, 54.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.0782 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.118 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1437, 18.3421, 5.6890)
Luminance	0.1834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16235 #3584B1

analogous

#B13546 #B16235 #B1A035

triadic

#B16235 #35B162 #6235B1

tetradic

#B16235 #46B135 #3584B1 #A035B1

square

#B16235 #46B135 #3584B1 #A035B1

split-complementary

#B16235 #35B1A0 #3546B1

monochromatic

#532E19 #824827 #B16235 #CD8157 #DBA586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#B16235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#B16235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16235

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16235	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)

#786C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.118 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8f6e',
    500: '#b16235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16235;
$custom-light: #ce8f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.774,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57866,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16235

secondary

#7DABC4

accent

#A8DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16235

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

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