#B16639#B16639

#B16639 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.114 H 50.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16639
RGB	rgb(177, 102, 57)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(23, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 67.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.86, 26.18, 37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.86, 46.01, 55.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.073 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.114 50)
XYZ	xyz(23.6233, 19.1477, 6.3219)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16639 #3984B1

analogous

#B13948 #B16639 #B1A239

triadic

#B16639 #39B166 #6639B1

tetradic

#B16639 #48B139 #3984B1 #A239B1

square

#B16639 #48B139 #3984B1 #A239B1

split-complementary

#B16639 #39B1A2 #3948B1

monochromatic

#54311B #834B2A #B16639 #CB865D #DAA88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#B16639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#B16639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16639

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16639	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)

#7B6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1575C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 102, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.114 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9271',
    500: '#b16639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16639;
$custom-light: #cd9271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58612,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.19145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16639

secondary

#82ABC4

accent

#A6DB4D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16639

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

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