#B16423#B16423

#B16423 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.125 H 56.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16423
RGB	rgb(177, 100, 35)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(27, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 26.21, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 54.55, 61.28°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.0696 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.125 56.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9941, 18.5854, 3.9662)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16423 #2370B1

analogous

#B12329 #B16423 #B1AB23

triadic

#B16423 #23B164 #6423B1

tetradic

#B16423 #29B123 #2370B1 #AB23B1

square

#B16423 #29B123 #2370B1 #AB23B1

split-complementary

#B16423 #23B1AB #2329B1

monochromatic

#4B2A0F #7E4719 #B16423 #D88239 #E2A26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#B16423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#B16423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16423

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16423	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 100, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.125 56.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9163',
    500: '#b16423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16423;
$custom-light: #cf9163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.465,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58038,
    "c": 0.12489,
    "h": 56.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16423

secondary

#689CC8

accent

#9BEA3E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C05

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16423

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

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