#B16437#B16437

#B16437 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.116 H 49.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16437
RGB	rgb(177, 100, 55)
HSL	hsl(22, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(22, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.38, 27.16, 38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.38, 46.99, 54.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.0756 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.116 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3802, 18.7398, 5.9996)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16437 #3784B1

analogous

#B13747 #B16437 #B1A137

triadic

#B16437 #37B164 #6437B1

tetradic

#B16437 #47B137 #3784B1 #A137B1

square

#B16437 #47B137 #3784B1 #A137B1

split-complementary

#B16437 #37B1A1 #3747B1

monochromatic

#542F1A #824A28 #B16437 #CC845A #DAA688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#B16437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#B16437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16437

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16437	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1555A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 100, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.116 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd916f',
    500: '#b16437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16437;
$custom-light: #cd916f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.131,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58237,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16437

secondary

#80ABC4

accent

#A7DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16437

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

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