#B16536#B16536

#B16536 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.116 H 50.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16536
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 54)
HSL	hsl(23, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(23, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 69.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, 26.55, 39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 47.27, 55.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% 0.0736 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.116 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4529, 18.9233, 5.9068)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16536 #3682B1

analogous

#B13644 #B16536 #B1A336

triadic

#B16536 #36B165 #6536B1

tetradic

#B16536 #44B136 #3682B1 #A336B1

square

#B16536 #44B136 #3682B1 #A336B1

split-complementary

#B16536 #36B1A3 #3644B1

monochromatic

#532F19 #824A28 #B16536 #CC8458 #DAA787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#B16536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#B16536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16536

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16536	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	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)

#7B6E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1565A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.116 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce916f',
    500: '#b16536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16536;
$custom-light: #ce916f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.927,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.584,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16536

secondary

#7FAAC4

accent

#A5DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16536

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

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