#A16917#A16917

#A16917 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.115 H 70.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16917
RGB	rgb(161, 105, 23)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(36, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.18, 15.96, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.18, 53.20, 72.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.0389 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.115 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9058, 17.7440, 3.1870)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16917 #174FA1

analogous

#A12417 #A16917 #94A117

triadic

#A16917 #17A169 #6917A1

tetradic

#A16917 #17A124 #174FA1 #A11794

square

#A16917 #17A124 #174FA1 #A11794

split-complementary

#A16917 #1794A1 #2417A1

monochromatic

#362308 #6B460F #A16917 #D78C1F #E6A84D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#A16917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#A16917 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16917

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16917	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)

#7C6D03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05B5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 105, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.115 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2935d',
    500: '#a16917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16917;
$custom-light: #c2935d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.652,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56778,
    "c": 0.11481,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16917

secondary

#4C7EC7

accent

#82F236

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F9F1E9

border

#D2CBC5

text

#140D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16917

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

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