#B16524#B16524

#B16524 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.124 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16524
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 36)
HSL	hsl(28, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(28, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 79.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.43, 25.70, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.43, 54.12, 61.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% 0.0682 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.124 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1056, 18.7844, 4.0777)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16524 #2470B1

analogous

#B12429 #B16524 #B1AC24

triadic

#B16524 #24B165 #6524B1

tetradic

#B16524 #29B124 #2470B1 #AC24B1

square

#B16524 #29B124 #2470B1 #AC24B1

split-complementary

#B16524 #24B1AC #2429B1

monochromatic

#4B2B0F #7E481A #B16524 #D7833B #E1A36E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#B16524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#B16524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16524

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16524	1.00	4.42	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.124 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9164',
    500: '#b16524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16524;
$custom-light: #ce9164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.66,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58222,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16524

secondary

#699CC8

accent

#9BE93F

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16524

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

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