#A16517#A16517

#A16517 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.116 H 66.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16517
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 23)
HSL	hsl(34, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(34, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 18.23, 49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 53.14, 69.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.01% 0.0456 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(56.01% 0.116 66.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5079, 16.9482, 3.0544)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16517 #1753A1

analogous

#A12017 #A16517 #98A117

triadic

#A16517 #17A165 #6517A1

tetradic

#A16517 #17A120 #1753A1 #A11798

square

#A16517 #17A120 #1753A1 #A11798

split-complementary

#A16517 #1798A1 #2017A1

monochromatic

#362208 #6B430F #A16517 #D7871F #E6A34D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#A16517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#A16517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16517

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16517	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786A05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.116 66.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3915c',
    500: '#a16517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16517;
$custom-light: #c3915c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.913,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5601,
    "c": 0.11551,
    "h": 66.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16517

secondary

#4C82C7

accent

#88F236

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9F0E9

border

#D2CBC5

text

#140C04

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16517

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

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