#A16238#A16238

#A16238 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.100 H 52.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16238
RGB	rgb(161, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(24, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(24, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 65.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 21.51, 34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 40.42, 57.85°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% 0.0601 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.1 52.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7809, 16.5999, 5.9030)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16238 #3877A1

analogous

#A13843 #A16238 #A19638

triadic

#A16238 #38A162 #6238A1

tetradic

#A16238 #43A138 #3877A1 #9638A1

square

#A16238 #43A138 #3877A1 #9638A1

split-complementary

#A16238 #38A196 #3843A1

monochromatic

#462B18 #744628 #A16238 #C38053 #D3A180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#A16238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#A16238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16238

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16238	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)

#746934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF5558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.100 52.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18f70',
    500: '#a16238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16238;
$custom-light: #c18f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55758,
    "c": 0.09971,
    "h": 52.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16238

secondary

#78A1BC

accent

#A2D850

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16238

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

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