Orangey Brown#B16002, a warm rich orange

At a glanceOrangey Brown is #B16002, oklch(57.2% 0.135 58.5), a warm rich orange. Pair it with a cool light blue #63B8E7 as an accent, a warm bold magenta #C94967 for harmony, and a warm grayish gold #B3A89F as a neutral. Try it as a screen-first brand or accent color, and it takes white text at AA contrast. It shifts further on press than a run can hold, though, so Rhapsody would keep it off print-led brand work.
Color codes

Orangey Brown in RGB, HSL, OKLCH & more

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:root { /* how your code speaks it */ /* how your eyes measure it */ /* how the lab measures it, D65 2° */}/* tailwind v4 */

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Color family

What kind of orange is Orangey Brown?

Every color has a place in the standard vocabulary. This is Orangey Brown's, measured rather than asserted.

Orangey Brown's Munsell numbers: hue 5.4YR, value 4.8 (how light), chroma 10.6 (how vivid). That places it in ISCC-NBS block deep orange, one of 267 named ranges the standard sorts every color into. Chroma 10.6 is moderate. Clearly colored, but not so saturated it fights the colors around it.

It reaches 76% of the way to the edge of your screen's gamut (the palette a screen can actually show) for this hue. Strong, with some headroom left before the screen runs out.

Munsell coordinates and block from the ISCC-NBS system, computed by Rhapsody's own renotation inversion.

Tints & shades

Shades of Orangey Brown, lighter and darker

For hover states, washed backgrounds, and dark surfaces that still read as #B16002. 13 steps, spaced evenly by eye, with the color itself sitting at its natural depth, orangey-brown-600.

Tints (light surfaces; dark text passes on every one)

Midtones (the color at full strength, for brand & accent work)

Shades (dark surfaces; light text passes on every one)

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Accessibility

Is Orangey Brown accessible? Contrast with white & black

Strong contrast makes your work readable by everyone, and meets the WCAG standard accessibility law points at. AA is the floor; AAA is the tier worth aiming for in body text. White text on #B16002 passes AA. For AAA, use its scale. Every strip below is one surface, and the marks are the steps that reach AAA on it.

Rows are text, columns are background · 64 of 210 pairings reach WCAG 2.2 AAA, shown here.

Rhapsody Palette

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Run #B16002 against the colors you actually ship, every pairing and any target, and export it: exact ratios, the AA tier, APCA, in one file.

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Print

Orangey Brown in CMYK: one value for files, one per press

This color shifts further than a press run can hold, so expect a visible difference. The pairs below show where each standard lands.

In CMYK, #B16002 is . That is the value design tools and file formats use when no press is involved.

On press (what each standard prints)

CGATS21 CRPC1 (coldset news) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 15.7, 6.3× the 2.5 a run varies by

GRACoL 2013 Uncoated (CRPC3) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 11.9, 4.8× the 2.5 a run varies by

GRACoL 2013 (CRPC6) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 3.4, 1.3× the 2.5 a run varies by

PSO Coated v3 (FOGRA51) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 2.7, 1.1× the 2.5 a run varies by

Coated FOGRA39 shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 2.8, 1.1× the 2.5 a run varies by

Japan Color 2011 Coated shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 6.0, 2.4× the 2.5 a run varies by

APTEC Flexo Coated shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 2.9, 1.1× the 2.5 a run varies by

CGATS21 CRPC7 (extended gamut) within tolerance
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 0.7, under the 2.5 a press run varies by

Press values computed through the ICC characterization data each standard proofs against. Each CMYK above is the closest that standard can get.

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The strip shows this page's tints and shades on screen, then through a standard GRACoL 2013 conversion.

The Orangey Browns

Colors similar to Orangey Brown

Here are other colors similar to Orangey Brown along with accessible text pairings and whether or not they're print-safe. Explore The Oranges

Orangish BrownOrangish Brown#B25F03white text · AA✕ shifts on press
Pumpkin SkinPumpkin Skin#B1610Bblack text · AA✕ shifts on press
UmberUmber#B26400black text · AA✕ shifts on press
Mai TaiMai Tai#B06608black text · AA✕ shifts on press
Orange BrownOrange Brown#BE6400black text · AA✕ shifts on press
Brown OrangeBrown Orange#B96902black text · AA✕ shifts on press
Burnt SienaBurnt Siena#B75203white text · AA✕ shifts on press
Rose Of SharonRose Of Sharon#BF5500white text · AA✕ shifts on press
Fiery OrangeFiery Orange#B35213white text · AA✕ shifts on press
Rust OrangeRust Orange#C45508black text · AA✕ shifts on press
IndochineIndochine#C26B03black text · AA✕ shifts on press
PiperPiper#C96323black text · AA✓ prints exactly
Browny OrangeBrowny Orange#CA6B02black text · AA✕ shifts on press
Red StageRed Stage#D05F04black text · AA✕ shifts on press
ChocolateChocolate#D2691Eblack text · AA! within tolerance
BambooBamboo#DA6304black text · AA✕ shifts on press
Pairings

Colors that go with Orangey Brown

The complementary color, straight across the wheel, is a cool vivid blue #3C78D2. Rhapsody's pick is the split complement, just to one side of it, a livelier pair.

The accent is for the moments that need attention, the harmony for the ones that need calm; the neutral carries the text and surfaces in between.

Downloads

Take Orangey Brown with you

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Orangey Brown color codes: hex #B16002, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and OKLCH, from Rhapsody
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The full tonal scale of Orangey Brown, 13 steps from light to dark with every hex, from Rhapsody
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Orangey Brown paired with a cool light blue #63B8E7, a warm bold magenta #C94967, a warm grayish gold #B3A89F: hex values and roles, from Rhapsody
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