#B16531#B16531

#B16531 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.118 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16531
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 49)
HSL	hsl(24, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(24, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, 26.28, 41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 49.22, 57.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.0719 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.118 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3415, 18.8787, 5.3199)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16531 #317DB1

analogous

#B1313D #B16531 #B1A531

triadic

#B16531 #31B165 #6531B1

tetradic

#B16531 #3DB131 #317DB1 #A531B1

square

#B16531 #3DB131 #317DB1 #A531B1

split-complementary

#B16531 #31B1A5 #313DB1

monochromatic

#512E16 #814A24 #B16531 #CF8451 #DCA680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#B16531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#B16531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16531

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16531	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2555A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.118 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce916c',
    500: '#b16531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16531;
$custom-light: #ce916c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.375,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58342,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16531

secondary

#79A6C5

accent

#A2E048

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16531

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

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