#B16637#B16637

#B16637 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.115 H 50.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16637
RGB	rgb(177, 102, 55)
HSL	hsl(23, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(23, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, 26.06, 38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 46.79, 56.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% 0.0723 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.115 50.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5743, 19.1282, 6.0643)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16637 #3782B1

analogous

#B13745 #B16637 #B1A337

triadic

#B16637 #37B166 #6637B1

tetradic

#B16637 #45B137 #3782B1 #A337B1

square

#B16637 #45B137 #3782B1 #A337B1

split-complementary

#B16637 #37B1A3 #3745B1

monochromatic

#54301A #824B28 #B16637 #CC865A #DAA888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#B16637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#B16637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16637

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16637	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1575B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 102, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.115 50.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9270',
    500: '#b16637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16637;
$custom-light: #cd9270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.115,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58587,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 50.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16637

secondary

#80AAC4

accent

#A4DC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16637

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

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