#A16237#A16237

#A16237 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.100 H 53.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16237
RGB	rgb(161, 98, 55)
HSL	hsl(24, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(24, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 65.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 21.45, 34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 40.83, 58.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.0597 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.1 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7567, 16.5902, 5.7754)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16237 #3776A1

analogous

#A13741 #A16237 #A19737

triadic

#A16237 #37A162 #6237A1

tetradic

#A16237 #41A137 #3776A1 #9737A1

square

#A16237 #41A137 #3776A1 #9737A1

split-complementary

#A16237 #37A197 #3741A1

monochromatic

#462A18 #734627 #A16237 #C48051 #D3A17F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#A16237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#A16237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16237

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16237	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF5558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 98, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.100 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18f6f',
    500: '#a16237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16237;
$custom-light: #c18f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.34,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55744,
    "c": 0.10029,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16237

secondary

#77A0BD

accent

#A1D94F

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16237

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

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