#B16938#B16938

#B16938 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.112 H 53.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16938
RGB	rgb(177, 105, 56)
HSL	hsl(24, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(24, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.7%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, 24.46, 39.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 46.14, 57.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.0676 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.112 53)
XYZ	xyz(23.8987, 19.7382, 6.2919)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16938 #3880B1

analogous

#B13843 #B16938 #B1A538

triadic

#B16938 #38B169 #6938B1

tetradic

#B16938 #43B138 #3880B1 #A538B1

square

#B16938 #43B138 #3880B1 #A538B1

split-complementary

#B16938 #38B1A5 #3843B1

monochromatic

#54321B #834D29 #B16938 #CB885B #DAAA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#B16938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#B16938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16938

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16938	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 105, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.112 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9470',
    500: '#b16938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16938;
$custom-light: #cd9470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.298,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59133,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.19736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16938

secondary

#81A9C4

accent

#A1DB4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16938

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

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