#A16037#A16037

#A16037 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.101 H 51.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16037
RGB	rgb(161, 96, 55)
HSL	hsl(23, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(23, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.4%, 65.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 22.57, 34.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 40.98, 56.57°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% 0.0631 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.101 51.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.5719, 16.2206, 5.7138)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16037 #3778A1

analogous

#A13743 #A16037 #A19537

triadic

#A16037 #37A160 #6037A1

tetradic

#A16037 #43A137 #3778A1 #9537A1

square

#A16037 #43A137 #3778A1 #9537A1

split-complementary

#A16037 #37A195 #3743A1

monochromatic

#462A18 #734527 #A16037 #C47E51 #D3A07F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#A16037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#A16037 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16037

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16037	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 96, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.101 51.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18d6f',
    500: '#a16037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16037;
$custom-light: #c18d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.208,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55376,
    "c": 0.10141,
    "h": 51.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16037

secondary

#77A2BD

accent

#A3D94F

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16037

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

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