#B16544#B16544

#B16544 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.109 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16544
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 68)
HSL	hsl(18, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 61.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.77, 27.46, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.77, 41.97, 49.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% 0.0787 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.109 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8303, 19.0743, 7.8944)
Luminance	0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16544 #4490B1

analogous

#B14459 #B16544 #B19B44

triadic

#B16544 #44B165 #6544B1

tetradic

#B16544 #59B144 #4490B1 #9B44B1

square

#B16544 #59B144 #4490B1 #9B44B1

split-complementary

#B16544 #44B19B #4459B1

monochromatic

#593322 #854C33 #B16544 #C6876C #D7AB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#B16544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#B16544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16544

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16544	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	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)

#796F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1575D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.109 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9278',
    500: '#b16544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16544;
$custom-light: #cd9278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.165,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58592,
    "c": 0.10876,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16544

secondary

#8DB3C3

accent

#ADD454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16544

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

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