#B16340#B16340

#B16340 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.112 H 44.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16340
RGB	rgb(177, 99, 64)
HSL	hsl(19, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(19, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 28.28, 33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 43.72, 49.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.0805 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.112 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5206, 18.6434, 7.2094)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16340 #408EB1

analogous

#B14056 #B16340 #B19C40

triadic

#B16340 #40B163 #6340B1

tetradic

#B16340 #56B140 #408EB1 #9C40B1

square

#B16340 #56B140 #408EB1 #9C40B1

split-complementary

#B16340 #40B19C #4056B1

monochromatic

#57311F #844A30 #B16340 #C88566 #D8A993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#B16340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#B16340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16340

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16340	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1545B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 99, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.112 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9076',
    500: '#b16340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16340;
$custom-light: #cd9076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.584,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58185,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16340

secondary

#89B1C3

accent

#ADD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16340

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

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