#A16235#A16235

#A16235 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.101 H 54.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16235
RGB	rgb(161, 98, 53)
HSL	hsl(25, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(25, 67%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 67.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 21.31, 35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 41.66, 59.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.72% 0.059 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(55.72% 0.101 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7097, 16.5714, 5.5281)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16235 #3574A1

analogous

#A1353E #A16235 #A19835

triadic

#A16235 #35A162 #6235A1

tetradic

#A16235 #3EA135 #3574A1 #9835A1

square

#A16235 #3EA135 #3574A1 #9835A1

split-complementary

#A16235 #35A198 #353EA1

monochromatic

#452A17 #734626 #A16235 #C5804E #D4A17C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#A16235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#A16235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16235

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16235	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 98, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.101 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18f6e',
    500: '#a16235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16235;
$custom-light: #c18f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25,
    "s": 50.467,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55718,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16235

secondary

#759FBD

accent

#A0DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16235

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

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