#B16440#B16440

#B16440 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.111 H 45.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16440
RGB	rgb(177, 100, 64)
HSL	hsl(19, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(19, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, 27.73, 33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 43.57, 50.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% 0.0788 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.111 45)
XYZ	xyz(23.6159, 18.8341, 7.2411)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16440 #408DB1

analogous

#B14055 #B16440 #B19D40

triadic

#B16440 #40B164 #6440B1

tetradic

#B16440 #55B140 #408DB1 #9D40B1

square

#B16440 #55B140 #408DB1 #9D40B1

split-complementary

#B16440 #40B19D #4055B1

monochromatic

#57311F #844B30 #B16440 #C88566 #D8A993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#B16440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#B16440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16440

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16440	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1555B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 100, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.111 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9176',
    500: '#b16440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16440;
$custom-light: #cd9176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.115,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58358,
    "c": 0.11144,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.18832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16440

secondary

#89B1C3

accent

#ACD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16440

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

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