#A16539#A16539

#A16539 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.098 H 55.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16539
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 57)
HSL	hsl(25, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(25, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 64.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 19.88, 34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 39.85, 60.07°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.0554 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.098 55.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0916, 17.1817, 6.1284)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16539 #3975A1

analogous

#A13941 #A16539 #A19939

triadic

#A16539 #39A165 #6539A1

tetradic

#A16539 #41A139 #3975A1 #9939A1

square

#A16539 #41A139 #3975A1 #9939A1

split-complementary

#A16539 #39A199 #3941A1

monochromatic

#472C19 #744929 #A16539 #C38355 #D3A482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#A16539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#A16539 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16539

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16539	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF595B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.098 55.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c19171',
    500: '#a16539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16539;
$custom-light: #c19171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.385,
    "s": 47.706,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56331,
    "c": 0.09761,
    "h": 55.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16539

secondary

#79A0BC

accent

#9ED750

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16539

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

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