#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
RGBrgb(177, 100, 56)
HSLhsl(22, 52%, 46%)
HSVhsv(22, 68%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 43.5%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LABlab(50.39, 27.22, 37.83)
CIE-LCHlch(50.39, 46.60, 54.27°)
OKLaboklab(58.25% 0.0759 0.0868)
OKLCHoklch(58.25% 0.115 48.8)
XYZxyz(23.4044, 18.7495, 6.1271)
Luminance0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##B164381.004.424.754.75
#FFFFFF4.421.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7521.001.001.00
##0000004.7521.001.001.00

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

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#B16438 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva