#B16424#B16424

#B16424 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.124 H 55.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16424
RGB	rgb(177, 100, 36)
HSL	hsl(27, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(27, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 79.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 26.25, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 54.19, 61.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.0698 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.124 55.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0091, 18.5914, 4.0455)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16424 #2471B1

analogous

#B1242B #B16424 #B1AB24

triadic

#B16424 #24B164 #6424B1

tetradic

#B16424 #2BB124 #2471B1 #AB24B1

square

#B16424 #2BB124 #2471B1 #AB24B1

split-complementary

#B16424 #24B1AB #242BB1

monochromatic

#4B2B0F #7E471A #B16424 #D7823B #E1A26E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#B16424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#B16424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16424

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16424	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)

#7B6D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 100, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.124 55.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9164',
    500: '#b16424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16424;
$custom-light: #cf9164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.234,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58046,
    "c": 0.12449,
    "h": 55.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16424

secondary

#699DC8

accent

#9CE93F

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16424

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

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