#A16837#A16837

#A16837 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.098 H 59.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16837
RGB	rgb(161, 104, 55)
HSL	hsl(28, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(28, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.4%, 65.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.20, 18.04, 36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.20, 40.65, 63.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.0495 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.098 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3393, 17.7554, 5.9696)
Luminance	0.1775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16837 #3770A1

analogous

#A1373B #A16837 #A19D37

triadic

#A16837 #37A168 #6837A1

tetradic

#A16837 #3BA137 #3770A1 #9D37A1

square

#A16837 #3BA137 #3770A1 #9D37A1

split-complementary

#A16837 #37A19D #373BA1

monochromatic

#462D18 #734B27 #A16837 #C48651 #D3A67F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#A16837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#A16837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16837

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16837	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF5C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 104, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.098 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1936f',
    500: '#a16837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16837;
$custom-light: #c1936f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.736,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56873,
    "c": 0.09769,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16837

secondary

#779DBD

accent

#99D94F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130D07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16837

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

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