#B16828#B16828

#B16828 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.121 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16828
RGB	rgb(177, 104, 40)
HSL	hsl(28, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(28, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 77.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, 24.21, 46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 52.47, 62.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% 0.0643 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.121 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4668, 19.4034, 4.5165)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16828 #2871B1

analogous

#B1282D #B16828 #B1AC28

triadic

#B16828 #28B168 #6828B1

tetradic

#B16828 #2DB128 #2871B1 #AC28B1

square

#B16828 #2DB128 #2871B1 #AC28B1

split-complementary

#B16828 #28B1AC #282DB1

monochromatic

#4D2D11 #7F4B1D #B16828 #D48642 #E0A674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#B16828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#B16828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16828

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16828	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E701F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2585B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 104, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.121 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9366',
    500: '#b16828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16828;
$custom-light: #ce9366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.029,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58788,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16828

secondary

#6E9DC7

accent

#99E642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16828

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

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