#A16216#A16216

#A16216 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.117 H 64.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16216
RGB	rgb(161, 98, 22)
HSL	hsl(33, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(33, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, 19.91, 49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 53.48, 68.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.44% 0.0504 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(55.44% 0.117 64.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2121, 16.3724, 2.9073)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16216 #1655A1

analogous

#A11D16 #A16216 #9AA116

triadic

#A16216 #16A162 #6216A1

tetradic

#A16216 #16A11D #1655A1 #A1169A

square

#A16216 #16A11D #1655A1 #A1169A

split-complementary

#A16216 #169AA1 #1D16A1

monochromatic

#352007 #6B410F #A16216 #D7831D #E6A04B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#A16216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#A16216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16216

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16216	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766804

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857617

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 98, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.117 64.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38f5c',
    500: '#a16216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16216;
$custom-light: #c38f5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.806,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55438,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 64.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16216

secondary

#4B84C8

accent

#8BF335

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9F0E9

border

#D2CBC5

text

#140C04

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16216

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

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