#A16236#A16236

#A16236 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.101 H 53.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16236
RGB	rgb(161, 98, 54)
HSL	hsl(25, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(25, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 66.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 21.38, 35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 41.25, 58.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% 0.0594 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.101 53.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7330, 16.5807, 5.6505)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16236 #3675A1

analogous

#A13640 #A16236 #A19836

triadic

#A16236 #36A162 #6236A1

tetradic

#A16236 #40A136 #3675A1 #9836A1

square

#A16236 #40A136 #3675A1 #9836A1

split-complementary

#A16236 #36A198 #3640A1

monochromatic

#452A17 #734627 #A16236 #C48050 #D4A17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#A16236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#A16236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16236

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16236	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 98, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.101 53.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18f6e',
    500: '#a16236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16236;
$custom-light: #c18f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.673,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55731,
    "c": 0.10087,
    "h": 53.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16236

secondary

#76A0BD

accent

#A0D94F

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16236

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

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