#A16217#A16217

#A16217 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.116 H 64.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16217
RGB	rgb(161, 98, 23)
HSL	hsl(33, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(33, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, 19.93, 49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 53.17, 67.98°)
OKLab	oklab(55.44% 0.0506 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(55.44% 0.116 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2219, 16.3763, 2.9591)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16217 #1756A1

analogous

#A11D17 #A16217 #9BA117

triadic

#A16217 #17A162 #6217A1

tetradic

#A16217 #17A11D #1756A1 #A1179B

square

#A16217 #17A11D #1756A1 #A1179B

split-complementary

#A16217 #179BA1 #1D17A1

monochromatic

#362108 #6B410F #A16217 #D7831F #E6A04D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#A16217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#A16217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16217

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16217	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)

#766806

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 98, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.116 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38f5c',
    500: '#a16217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16217;
$custom-light: #c38f5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.609,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55444,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16217

secondary

#4C85C7

accent

#8CF236

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9F0E9

border

#D2CBC5

text

#140C04

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16217

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

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