#A16617#A16617

#A16617 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.115 H 67.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16617
RGB	rgb(161, 102, 23)
HSL	hsl(34, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(34, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.44, 17.67, 50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.44, 53.14, 70.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% 0.0439 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.115 67.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6056, 17.1436, 3.0870)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16617 #1752A1

analogous

#A12117 #A16617 #97A117

triadic

#A16617 #17A166 #6617A1

tetradic

#A16617 #17A121 #1752A1 #A11797

square

#A16617 #17A121 #1752A1 #A11797

split-complementary

#A16617 #1797A1 #2117A1

monochromatic

#362208 #6B440F #A16617 #D7881F #E6A44D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#A16617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#A16617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16617

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16617	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)

#796B04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 102, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.115 67.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3915d',
    500: '#a16617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16617;
$custom-light: #c3915d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.348,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56201,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 67.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16617

secondary

#4C81C7

accent

#86F236

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9F0E9

border

#D2CBC5

text

#140C04

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16617

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

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