#B16243#B16243

#B16243 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.112 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16243
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 67)
HSL	hsl(17, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 62.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 29.03, 31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 42.80, 47.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% 0.0833 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.112 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5141, 18.4902, 7.6397)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16243 #4392B1

analogous

#B1435B #B16243 #B19943

triadic

#B16243 #43B162 #6243B1

tetradic

#B16243 #5BB143 #4392B1 #9943B1

square

#B16243 #5BB143 #4392B1 #9943B1

split-complementary

#B16243 #43B199 #435BB1

monochromatic

#583121 #854932 #B16243 #C7846A #D8A997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#B16243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#B16243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16243

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16243	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)

#776D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1535B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.112 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9078',
    500: '#b16243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16243;
$custom-light: #cd9078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.909,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58059,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16243

secondary

#8CB4C3

accent

#B0D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16243

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

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