#B16838#B16838

#B16838 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.113 H 52.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16838
RGB	rgb(177, 104, 56)
HSL	hsl(24, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(24, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, 25.02, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 46.22, 57.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.0693 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.113 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7975, 19.5357, 6.2581)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16838 #3881B1

analogous

#B13844 #B16838 #B1A438

triadic

#B16838 #38B168 #6838B1

tetradic

#B16838 #44B138 #3881B1 #A438B1

square

#B16838 #44B138 #3881B1 #A438B1

split-complementary

#B16838 #38B1A4 #3844B1

monochromatic

#54311B #834D29 #B16838 #CB885B #DAA98A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#B16838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#B16838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16838

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16838	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1595D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 104, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.113 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9370',
    500: '#b16838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16838;
$custom-light: #cd9370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.802,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58954,
    "c": 0.11282,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16838

secondary

#81A9C4

accent

#A3DB4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16838

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

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