#B16526#B16526

#B16526 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.123 H 56.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16526
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 38)
HSL	hsl(27, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(27, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 78.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, 25.78, 46.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 53.40, 61.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.0687 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.123 56.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1370, 18.7969, 4.2431)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16526 #2672B1

analogous

#B1262D #B16526 #B1AA26

triadic

#B16526 #26B165 #6526B1

tetradic

#B16526 #2DB126 #2672B1 #AA26B1

square

#B16526 #2DB126 #2672B1 #AA26B1

split-complementary

#B16526 #26B1AA #262DB1

monochromatic

#4C2C10 #7F481B #B16526 #D6833F #E0A371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#B16526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#B16526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16526

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16526	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)

#7C6E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.123 56.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9165',
    500: '#b16526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16526;
$custom-light: #ce9165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.194,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58238,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 56.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16526

secondary

#6B9EC7

accent

#9CE840

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16526

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

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