#B16240#B16240

#B16240 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.113 H 43.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16240
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, 28.82, 33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 43.87, 48.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.0822 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.113 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4264, 18.4551, 7.1780)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16240 #408FB1

analogous

#B14057 #B16240 #B19B40

triadic

#B16240 #40B162 #6240B1

tetradic

#B16240 #57B140 #408FB1 #9B40B1

square

#B16240 #57B140 #408FB1 #9B40B1

split-complementary

#B16240 #40B19B #4057B1

monochromatic

#57301F #844930 #B16240 #C88466 #D8A893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#B16240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#B16240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16240

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16240	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1535A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.113 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8f76',
    500: '#b16240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16240;
$custom-light: #cd8f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.053,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58014,
    "c": 0.11301,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16240

secondary

#89B2C3

accent

#AED751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16240

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

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