#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
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(22, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 26.67, 38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 46.50, 55.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.0743 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.115 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5009, 18.9425, 6.1592)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##B16538	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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