#B16738#B16738

#B16738 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.113 H 51.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16738
RGB	rgb(177, 103, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(23, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.08, 25.57, 38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.08, 46.30, 56.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.0709 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.113 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6974, 19.3356, 6.2248)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16738 #3882B1

analogous

#B13845 #B16738 #B1A338

triadic

#B16738 #38B167 #6738B1

tetradic

#B16738 #45B138 #3882B1 #A338B1

square

#B16738 #45B138 #3882B1 #A338B1

split-complementary

#B16738 #38B1A3 #3845B1

monochromatic

#54311B #834C29 #B16738 #CB875B #DAA98A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#B16738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#B16738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16738

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16738	1.00	4.32	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1585C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 103, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.113 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9370',
    500: '#b16738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16738;
$custom-light: #cd9370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.306,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58776,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16738

secondary

#81AAC4

accent

#A4DB4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16738

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

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