#B16541#B16541

#B16541 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.110 H 45.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16541
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 65)
HSL	hsl(19, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(19, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 63.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, 27.25, 33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 43.06, 50.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.0775 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.11 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7411, 19.0386, 7.4245)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16541 #418DB1

analogous

#B14155 #B16541 #B19D41

triadic

#B16541 #41B165 #6541B1

tetradic

#B16541 #55B141 #418DB1 #9D41B1

square

#B16541 #55B141 #418DB1 #9D41B1

split-complementary

#B16541 #41B19D #4155B1

monochromatic

#573220 #844B31 #B16541 #C78768 #D8AA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#B16541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#B16541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16541

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16541	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)

#7A6F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1575C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.110 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9276',
    500: '#b16541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16541;
$custom-light: #cd9276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.286,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58547,
    "c": 0.11021,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16541

secondary

#8AB1C3

accent

#ABD652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16541

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

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