#B16239#B16239

#B16239 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.116 H 46.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16239
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 57)
HSL	hsl(21, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 67.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.95, 28.37, 36.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.95, 46.46, 52.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.0796 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.116 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2396, 18.3804, 6.1940)
Luminance	0.1838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16239 #3988B1

analogous

#B1394C #B16239 #B19E39

triadic

#B16239 #39B162 #6239B1

tetradic

#B16239 #4CB139 #3988B1 #9E39B1

square

#B16239 #4CB139 #3988B1 #9E39B1

split-complementary

#B16239 #39B19E #394CB1

monochromatic

#542F1B #83482A #B16239 #CB825D #DAA68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#B16239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#B16239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16239

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16239	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.116 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8f71',
    500: '#b16239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16239;
$custom-light: #cd8f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.5,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57916,
    "c": 0.11625,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16239

secondary

#82ADC4

accent

#AADB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16239

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

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