#B16236#B16236

#B16236 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.118 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16236
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 54)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(21, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 69.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.92, 28.19, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.92, 47.60, 53.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% 0.0785 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.118 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1670, 18.3513, 5.8114)
Luminance	0.1835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16236 #3685B1

analogous

#B13648 #B16236 #B19F36

triadic

#B16236 #36B162 #6236B1

tetradic

#B16236 #48B136 #3685B1 #9F36B1

square

#B16236 #48B136 #3685B1 #9F36B1

split-complementary

#B16236 #36B19F #3648B1

monochromatic

#532E19 #824828 #B16236 #CC8258 #DAA587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#B16236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#B16236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16236

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16236	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)

#786C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.118 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8f6f',
    500: '#b16236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16236;
$custom-light: #ce8f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.463,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57878,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16236

secondary

#7FABC4

accent

#A9DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16236

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

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