#B16241#B16241

#B16241 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.113 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16241
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 65)
HSL	hsl(18, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 63.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 28.89, 32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 43.51, 48.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.0825 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.113 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4551, 18.4666, 7.3292)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16241 #4190B1

analogous

#B14158 #B16241 #B19A41

triadic

#B16241 #41B162 #6241B1

tetradic

#B16241 #58B141 #4190B1 #9A41B1

square

#B16241 #58B141 #4190B1 #9A41B1

split-complementary

#B16241 #41B19A #4158B1

monochromatic

#573020 #844931 #B16241 #C78468 #D8A895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#B16241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#B16241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16241

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16241	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	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)

#776D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1535A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.113 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9076',
    500: '#b16241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16241;
$custom-light: #cd9076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.679,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58028,
    "c": 0.11255,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16241

secondary

#8AB3C3

accent

#AFD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16241

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

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