#B16546#B16546

#B16546 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.108 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16546
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 70)
HSL	hsl(17, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 60.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, 27.61, 30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 41.25, 47.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% 0.0794 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.108 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8924, 19.0991, 8.2214)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16546 #4692B1

analogous

#B1465C #B16546 #B19A46

triadic

#B16546 #46B165 #6546B1

tetradic

#B16546 #5CB146 #4692B1 #9A46B1

square

#B16546 #5CB146 #4692B1 #9A46B1

split-complementary

#B16546 #46B19A #465CB1

monochromatic

#593323 #854C35 #B16546 #C6886E #D7AC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#B16546 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#B16546 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16546

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16546	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16546	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1575D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16546;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.108 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd927a',
    500: '#b16546',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16546;
$custom-light: #cd927a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16546",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.383,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58624,
    "c": 0.10782,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16546

secondary

#8FB4C3

accent

#AED355

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16546

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

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