#A16915#A16915

#A16915 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.116 H 70.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16915
RGB	rgb(161, 105, 21)
HSL	hsl(36, 77%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(36, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 87%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, 15.91, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 53.80, 72.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.0386 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.116 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8865, 17.7363, 3.0854)
Luminance	0.1773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16915 #154DA1

analogous

#A12315 #A16915 #93A115

triadic

#A16915 #15A169 #6915A1

tetradic

#A16915 #15A123 #154DA1 #A11593

square

#A16915 #15A123 #154DA1 #A11593

split-complementary

#A16915 #1593A1 #2315A1

monochromatic

#352207 #6B460E #A16915 #D78C1C #E7A849

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#A16915 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#A16915 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16915

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16915	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16915	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)

#7C6D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05B5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16915;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 105, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.116 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3935c',
    500: '#a16915',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16915;
$custom-light: #c3935c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16915",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56768,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16915

secondary

#497CC8

accent

#81F334

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F9F1E9

border

#D2CBC5

text

#140D04

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16915

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →