#B16527#B16527

#B16527 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.123 H 55.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16527
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 39)
HSL	hsl(27, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(27, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 25.82, 46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 53.03, 60.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.069 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.123 55.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1534, 18.8035, 4.3292)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16527 #2773B1

analogous

#B1272E #B16527 #B1AA27

triadic

#B16527 #27B165 #6527B1

tetradic

#B16527 #2EB127 #2773B1 #AA27B1

square

#B16527 #2EB127 #2773B1 #AA27B1

split-complementary

#B16527 #27B1AA #272EB1

monochromatic

#4D2C11 #7F481C #B16527 #D58340 #E0A472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#B16527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#B16527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16527

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16527	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)

#7B6E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.123 55.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9165',
    500: '#b16527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16527;
$custom-light: #ce9165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.957,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58246,
    "c": 0.1227,
    "h": 55.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16527

secondary

#6D9EC7

accent

#9CE741

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16527

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

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