#B16525#B16525

#B16525 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.124 H 56.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16525
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 37)
HSL	hsl(27, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(27, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 79.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 25.74, 47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 53.76, 61.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% 0.0685 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.124 56.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1211, 18.7906, 4.1592)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16525 #2571B1

analogous

#B1252B #B16525 #B1AB25

triadic

#B16525 #25B165 #6525B1

tetradic

#B16525 #2BB125 #2571B1 #AB25B1

square

#B16525 #2BB125 #2571B1 #AB25B1

split-complementary

#B16525 #25B1AB #252BB1

monochromatic

#4C2B10 #7E481A #B16525 #D6833D #E1A36F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#B16525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#B16525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16525

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16525	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	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)

#7C6E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.124 56.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9164',
    500: '#b16525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16525;
$custom-light: #ce9164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.429,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58229,
    "c": 0.12355,
    "h": 56.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16525

secondary

#6A9DC8

accent

#9BE83F

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16525

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

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