#B16238#B16238

#B16238 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.117 H 47.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16238
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 28.31, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 46.84, 52.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.0792 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.117 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2149, 18.3705, 6.0639)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16238 #3887B1

analogous

#B1384B #B16238 #B19E38

triadic

#B16238 #38B162 #6238B1

tetradic

#B16238 #4BB138 #3887B1 #9E38B1

square

#B16238 #4BB138 #3887B1 #9E38B1

split-complementary

#B16238 #38B19E #384BB1

monochromatic

#542F1B #834829 #B16238 #CB825B #DAA58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#B16238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#B16238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16238

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16238	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	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)

#786C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.117 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8f70',
    500: '#b16238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16238;
$custom-light: #ce8f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.826,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57903,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16238

secondary

#81ADC4

accent

#AADB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16238

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

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