#B16640#B16640

#B16640 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.110 H 46.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16640
RGB	rgb(177, 102, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(20, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, 26.63, 34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 43.31, 52.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% 0.0755 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.11 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8101, 19.2225, 7.3059)
Luminance	0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16640 #408BB1

analogous

#B14053 #B16640 #B19F40

triadic

#B16640 #40B166 #6640B1

tetradic

#B16640 #53B140 #408BB1 #9F40B1

square

#B16640 #53B140 #408BB1 #9F40B1

split-complementary

#B16640 #40B19F #4053B1

monochromatic

#57321F #844C30 #B16640 #C88766 #D8AA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#B16640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#B16640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16640

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16640	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C803F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1585D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 102, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.110 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9276',
    500: '#b16640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16640;
$custom-light: #cd9276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.177,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58707,
    "c": 0.10997,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16640

secondary

#89B0C3

accent

#AAD751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16640

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

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