#B16323#B16323

#B16323 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.125 H 55.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16323
RGB	rgb(177, 99, 35)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(27, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 26.76, 47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 54.63, 60.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% 0.0712 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.125 55.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8988, 18.3947, 3.9344)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16323 #2371B1

analogous

#B1232A #B16323 #B1AA23

triadic

#B16323 #23B163 #6323B1

tetradic

#B16323 #2AB123 #2371B1 #AA23B1

square

#B16323 #2AB123 #2371B1 #AA23B1

split-complementary

#B16323 #23B1AA #232AB1

monochromatic

#4B2A0F #7E4619 #B16323 #D88139 #E2A16C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#B16323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#B16323 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16323

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16323	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 99, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.125 55.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9063',
    500: '#b16323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16323;
$custom-light: #cf9063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.042,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57863,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 55.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16323

secondary

#689DC8

accent

#9CEA3E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C05

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16323

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

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