#B16540#B16540

#B16540 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.111 H 45.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16540
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(20, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, 27.18, 33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 43.44, 51.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% 0.0772 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.111 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7124, 19.0271, 7.2733)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16540 #408CB1

analogous

#B14054 #B16540 #B19E40

triadic

#B16540 #40B165 #6540B1

tetradic

#B16540 #54B140 #408CB1 #9E40B1

square

#B16540 #54B140 #408CB1 #9E40B1

split-complementary

#B16540 #40B19E #4054B1

monochromatic

#57321F #844B30 #B16540 #C88666 #D8AA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#B16540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#B16540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16540

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16540	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1575C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.111 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9276',
    500: '#b16540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16540;
$custom-light: #cd9276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.646,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58532,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16540

secondary

#89B0C3

accent

#ABD751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16540

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

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