#A16738#A16738

#A16738 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.097 H 58.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16738
RGB	rgb(161, 103, 56)
HSL	hsl(27, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(27, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 65.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.96, 18.68, 35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.96, 40.23, 62.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.0516 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.097 58)
XYZ	xyz(20.2634, 17.5649, 6.0638)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16738 #3872A1

analogous

#A1383E #A16738 #A19B38

triadic

#A16738 #38A167 #6738A1

tetradic

#A16738 #3EA138 #3872A1 #9B38A1

square

#A16738 #3EA138 #3872A1 #9B38A1

split-complementary

#A16738 #38A19B #383EA1

monochromatic

#462D18 #744A28 #A16738 #C38553 #D3A580

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#A16738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#A16738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16738

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16738	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF5B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 103, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.097 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c19270',
    500: '#a16738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16738;
$custom-light: #c19270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.857,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56695,
    "c": 0.0974,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.17563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16738

secondary

#789EBC

accent

#9BD850

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130D07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16738

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

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