#B16548#B16548

#B16548 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.107 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16548
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 72)
HSL	hsl(17, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 59.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.83, 27.77, 29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.83, 40.55, 46.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% 0.0802 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.107 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9566, 19.1248, 8.5594)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16548 #4894B1

analogous

#B14860 #B16548 #B19A48

triadic

#B16548 #48B165 #6548B1

tetradic

#B16548 #60B148 #4894B1 #9A48B1

square

#B16548 #60B148 #4894B1 #9A48B1

split-complementary

#B16548 #48B19A #4860B1

monochromatic

#5A3325 #854C36 #B16548 #C58871 #D7AD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#B16548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#B16548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16548

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16548	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	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)

#796F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1575E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.107 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd927b',
    500: '#b16548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16548;
$custom-light: #cd927b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.571,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58656,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16548

secondary

#91B6C3

accent

#B0D256

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16548

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

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