#B16338#B16338

#B16338 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.116 H 48.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16338
RGB	rgb(177, 99, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 27.76, 37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 46.72, 53.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% 0.0776 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.116 48)
XYZ	xyz(23.3090, 18.5588, 6.0953)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16338 #3886B1

analogous

#B1384A #B16338 #B19F38

triadic

#B16338 #38B163 #6338B1

tetradic

#B16338 #4AB138 #3886B1 #9F38B1

square

#B16338 #4AB138 #3886B1 #9F38B1

split-complementary

#B16338 #38B19F #384AB1

monochromatic

#542F1B #834929 #B16338 #CB835B #DAA68A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#B16338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#B16338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16338

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16338	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 99, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.116 48.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9070',
    500: '#b16338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16338;
$custom-light: #cd9070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.322,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58076,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 48
  },
  "luminance": 0.18556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16338

secondary

#81ACC4

accent

#A9DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16338

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

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