#A16017#A16017

#A16017 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.117 H 62.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16017
RGB	rgb(161, 96, 23)
HSL	hsl(32, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(32, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.4%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 21.06, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 53.23, 66.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.07% 0.0539 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(55.07% 0.117 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0371, 16.0067, 2.8975)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16017 #1758A1

analogous

#A11B17 #A16017 #9DA117

triadic

#A16017 #17A160 #6017A1

tetradic

#A16017 #17A11B #1758A1 #A1179D

square

#A16017 #17A11B #1758A1 #A1179D

split-complementary

#A16017 #179DA1 #1B17A1

monochromatic

#362008 #6B400F #A16017 #D7801F #E69E4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#A16017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#A16017 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16017

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16017	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746607

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847518

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 96, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.117 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38d5c',
    500: '#a16017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16017;
$custom-light: #c38d5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.739,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55071,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16017

secondary

#4C86C7

accent

#8EF236

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9F0E9

border

#D2CBC5

text

#140C04

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16017

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

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