#B16342#B16342

#B16342 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.111 H 43.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16342
RGB	rgb(177, 99, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 28.41, 32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 42.99, 48.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% 0.0812 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.111 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5785, 18.6666, 7.5145)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16342 #4290B1

analogous

#B14258 #B16342 #B19B42

triadic

#B16342 #42B163 #6342B1

tetradic

#B16342 #58B142 #4290B1 #9B42B1

square

#B16342 #58B142 #4290B1 #9B42B1

split-complementary

#B16342 #42B19B #4258B1

monochromatic

#583121 #844A31 #B16342 #C78569 #D8A996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#B16342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#B16342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16342

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16342	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)

#786D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1545B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 99, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.111 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9077',
    500: '#b16342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16342;
$custom-light: #cd9077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.838,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58215,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16342

secondary

#8BB3C3

accent

#AED552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16342

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

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