#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
RGBrgb(177, 98, 66)
HSLhsl(17, 46%, 48%)
HSVhsv(17, 63%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 44.6%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LABlab(50.07, 28.96, 31.99)
CIE-LCHlch(50.07, 43.15, 47.85°)
OKLaboklab(58.04% 0.0829 0.0755)
OKLCHoklch(58.04% 0.112 42.3)
XYZxyz(23.4844, 18.4783, 7.4831)
Luminance0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##B162421.004.474.704.70
#FFFFFF4.471.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7021.001.001.00
##0000004.7021.001.001.00

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

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#B16242 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva