#A16231#A16231

#A16231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.104 H 56.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16231
RGB	rgb(161, 98, 49)
HSL	hsl(26, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(26, 70%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 69.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 21.07, 37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 43.32, 60.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.0576 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.104 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6215, 16.5361, 5.0636)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16231 #3170A1

analogous

#A13138 #A16231 #A19A31

triadic

#A16231 #31A162 #6231A1

tetradic

#A16231 #38A131 #3170A1 #9A31A1

square

#A16231 #38A131 #3170A1 #9A31A1

split-complementary

#A16231 #31A19A #3138A1

monochromatic

#432914 #724523 #A16231 #C78048 #D6A077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#A16231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#A16231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16231

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16231	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75692C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 98, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.104 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18f6b',
    500: '#a16231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16231;
$custom-light: #c18f6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55669,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16231

secondary

#709CBE

accent

#9DDD4B

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16231

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

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