#B16242#B16242

#B16242 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.112 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16242
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 28.96, 31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 43.15, 47.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.0829 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.112 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4844, 18.4783, 7.4831)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16242 #4291B1

analogous

#B1425A #B16242 #B19942

triadic

#B16242 #42B162 #6242B1

tetradic

#B16242 #5AB142 #4291B1 #9942B1

square

#B16242 #5AB142 #4291B1 #9942B1

split-complementary

#B16242 #42B199 #425AB1

monochromatic

#583121 #844931 #B16242 #C78469 #D8A996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#B16242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#B16242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16242

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16242	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1535A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.112 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9077',
    500: '#b16242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16242;
$custom-light: #cd9077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.297,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58044,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16242

secondary

#8BB3C3

accent

#B0D552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16242

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →