#A16438#A16438

#A16438 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.099 H 54.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16438
RGB	rgb(161, 100, 56)
HSL	hsl(25, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(25, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 65.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 20.38, 34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 40.31, 59.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% 0.0567 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.099 54.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9704, 16.9788, 5.9661)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16438 #3875A1

analogous

#A13840 #A16438 #A19938

triadic

#A16438 #38A164 #6438A1

tetradic

#A16438 #40A138 #3875A1 #9938A1

square

#A16438 #40A138 #3875A1 #9938A1

split-complementary

#A16438 #38A199 #3840A1

monochromatic

#462C18 #744828 #A16438 #C38253 #D3A380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#A16438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#A16438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16438

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16438	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF585A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 100, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.099 54.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c19070',
    500: '#a16438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16438;
$custom-light: #c19070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.143,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5613,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 54.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16438

secondary

#78A0BC

accent

#9FD850

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16438

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

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