#B16638#B16638

#B16638 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.114 H 50.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16638
RGB	rgb(177, 102, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(23, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.85, 26.12, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.85, 46.40, 55.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% 0.0726 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.114 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5986, 19.1378, 6.1918)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16638 #3883B1

analogous

#B13846 #B16638 #B1A238

triadic

#B16638 #38B166 #6638B1

tetradic

#B16638 #46B138 #3883B1 #A238B1

square

#B16638 #46B138 #3883B1 #A238B1

split-complementary

#B16638 #38B1A2 #3846B1

monochromatic

#54301B #834B29 #B16638 #CB865B #DAA88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#B16638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#B16638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16638

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16638	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)

#7B6F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1575C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 102, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.114 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9270',
    500: '#b16638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16638;
$custom-light: #cd9270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.81,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.586,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16638

secondary

#81AAC4

accent

#A5DB4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16638

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

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