#A16835#A16835

#A16835 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.099 H 60.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16835
RGB	rgb(161, 104, 53)
HSL	hsl(28, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(28, 67%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.4%, 67.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.18, 17.91, 37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.18, 41.52, 64.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.0488 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.099 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2923, 17.7366, 5.7223)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16835 #356EA1

analogous

#A13538 #A16835 #A19E35

triadic

#A16835 #35A168 #6835A1

tetradic

#A16835 #38A135 #356EA1 #9E35A1

square

#A16835 #38A135 #356EA1 #9E35A1

split-complementary

#A16835 #35A19E #3538A1

monochromatic

#452D17 #734A26 #A16835 #C5864E #D4A67C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#A16835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#A16835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16835

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16835	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF5C5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 104, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.099 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1936e',
    500: '#a16835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16835;
$custom-light: #c1936e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.333,
    "s": 50.467,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56848,
    "c": 0.09899,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16835

secondary

#759BBD

accent

#98DA4E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130D07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16835

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

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