#A16638#A16638

#A16638 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.098 H 57.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16638
RGB	rgb(161, 102, 56)
HSL	hsl(26, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(26, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 65.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 19.25, 35.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 40.25, 61.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.0533 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.098 57)
XYZ	xyz(20.1646, 17.3672, 6.0308)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16638 #3873A1

analogous

#A1383E #A16638 #A19B38

triadic

#A16638 #38A166 #6638A1

tetradic

#A16638 #3EA138 #3873A1 #9B38A1

square

#A16638 #3EA138 #3873A1 #9B38A1

split-complementary

#A16638 #38A19B #383EA1

monochromatic

#462C18 #744928 #A16638 #C38453 #D3A580

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#A16638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#A16638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16638

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16638	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF5A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 102, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.098 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c19270',
    500: '#a16638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16638;
$custom-light: #c19270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.286,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56506,
    "c": 0.09779,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.17365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16638

secondary

#789FBC

accent

#9CD850

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130D07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16638

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

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