#A16535#A16535

#A16535 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.100 H 57.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16535
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 53)
HSL	hsl(27, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(27, 67%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 67.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.44, 19.61, 36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.44, 41.55, 61.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.0539 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.1 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9957, 17.1434, 5.6234)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16535 #3571A1

analogous

#A1353B #A16535 #A19B35

triadic

#A16535 #35A165 #6535A1

tetradic

#A16535 #3BA135 #3571A1 #9B35A1

square

#A16535 #3BA135 #3571A1 #9B35A1

split-complementary

#A16535 #35A19B #353BA1

monochromatic

#452B17 #734826 #A16535 #C5834E #D4A37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#A16535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#A16535 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16535

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16535	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF585A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.100 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1916e',
    500: '#a16535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16535;
$custom-light: #c1916e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 50.467,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56278,
    "c": 0.10007,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16535

secondary

#759DBD

accent

#9CDA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16535

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

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