#B16438#B16438

#B16438 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.115 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16438
RGB	rgb(177, 100, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(22, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 27.22, 37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 46.60, 54.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.0759 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.115 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4044, 18.7495, 6.1271)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16438 #3885B1

analogous

#B13849 #B16438 #B1A038

triadic

#B16438 #38B164 #6438B1

tetradic

#B16438 #49B138 #3885B1 #A038B1

square

#B16438 #49B138 #3885B1 #A038B1

split-complementary

#B16438 #38B1A0 #3849B1

monochromatic

#542F1B #834A29 #B16438 #CB845B #DAA78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#B16438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#B16438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16438

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16438	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)

#7A6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1555A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 100, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.115 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9170',
    500: '#b16438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16438;
$custom-light: #cd9170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58249,
    "c": 0.11532,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16438

secondary

#81ACC4

accent

#A7DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16438

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

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