#A16038#A16038

#A16038 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.101 H 51.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16038
RGB	rgb(161, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(23, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.4%, 65.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 22.64, 33.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 40.57, 56.08°)
OKLab	oklab(55.39% 0.0635 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(55.39% 0.101 51)
XYZ	xyz(19.5961, 16.2303, 5.8414)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16038 #3879A1

analogous

#A13845 #A16038 #A19438

triadic

#A16038 #38A160 #6038A1

tetradic

#A16038 #45A138 #3879A1 #9438A1

square

#A16038 #45A138 #3879A1 #9438A1

split-complementary

#A16038 #38A194 #3845A1

monochromatic

#462A18 #744528 #A16038 #C37E53 #D3A080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#A16038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#A16038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16038

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16038	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.101 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18d70',
    500: '#a16038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16038;
$custom-light: #c18d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.857,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5539,
    "c": 0.10085,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.16228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16038

secondary

#78A3BC

accent

#A4D850

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16038

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

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