#B16538#B16538

#B16538 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.115 H 49.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B16538
RGBrgb(177, 101, 56)
HSLhsl(22, 52%, 46%)
HSVhsv(22, 68%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 42.9%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LABlab(50.62, 26.67, 38.09)
CIE-LCHlch(50.62, 46.50, 55.00°)
OKLaboklab(58.42% 0.0743 0.0874)
OKLCHoklch(58.42% 0.115 49.6)
XYZxyz(23.5009, 18.9425, 6.1592)
Luminance0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B16538 #3884B1
analogous
#B13847 #B16538 #B1A138
triadic
#B16538 #38B165 #6538B1
tetradic
#B16538 #47B138 #3884B1 #A138B1
square
#B16538 #47B138 #3884B1 #A138B1
split-complementary
#B16538 #38B1A1 #3847B1
monochromatic
#54301B #834A29 #B16538 #CB855B #DAA78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39
#B16538 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79
#B16538 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16538
4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B16538#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B165381.004.394.794.79
#FFFFFF4.391.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7921.001.001.00
##0000004.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7A6E33
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8D7F37
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C1565B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b16538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.115 49.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9170',
    500: '#b16538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b16538;
$custom-light: #cd9170;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b16538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.314,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58424,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B16538
secondary
#81ABC4
accent
#A6DB4C
background
#FDF9F6
surface
#FAF1EC
border
#D3CBC7
text
#140D07
muted
#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16538

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#B16538 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva