#A16822#A16822

#A16822 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.110 H 67.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16822
RGB	rgb(161, 104, 34)
HSL	hsl(33, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(33, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.4%, 78.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.00, 16.91, 46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.00, 49.36, 69.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.043 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.11 67)
XYZ	xyz(19.9386, 17.5951, 3.8592)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16822 #225BA1

analogous

#A12922 #A16822 #9AA122

triadic

#A16822 #22A168 #6822A1

tetradic

#A16822 #22A129 #225BA1 #A1229A

square

#A16822 #22A129 #225BA1 #A1229A

split-complementary

#A16822 #229AA1 #2922A1

monochromatic

#3C270D #6E4717 #A16822 #D3892D #DDA560

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#A16822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#A16822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16822

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16822	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05A5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 104, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.110 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29362',
    500: '#a16822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16822;
$custom-light: #c29362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.071,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56657,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.17593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16822

secondary

#5D8AC2

accent

#8BE840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16822

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

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