#A16516#A16516

#A16516 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.116 H 66.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16516
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 22)
HSL	hsl(34, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(34, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 18.21, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 53.44, 70.08°)
OKLab	oklab(56% 0.0454 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(56% 0.116 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4981, 16.9443, 3.0026)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16516 #1652A1

analogous

#A12016 #A16516 #97A116

triadic

#A16516 #16A165 #6516A1

tetradic

#A16516 #16A120 #1652A1 #A11697

square

#A16516 #16A120 #1652A1 #A11697

split-complementary

#A16516 #1697A1 #2016A1

monochromatic

#352107 #6B430F #A16516 #D7871D #E6A34B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#A16516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#A16516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16516

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16516	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796A03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.116 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3915c',
    500: '#a16516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16516;
$custom-light: #c3915c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.101,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56004,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16516

secondary

#4B81C8

accent

#87F335

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9F0E9

border

#D2CBC5

text

#140C04

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16516

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

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