#A16923#A16923

#A16923 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.109 H 67.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16923
RGB	rgb(161, 105, 35)
HSL	hsl(33, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(33, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 78.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.26, 16.39, 46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.26, 49.01, 70.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.0416 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.109 67.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0545, 17.8034, 3.9700)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16923 #235BA1

analogous

#A12A23 #A16923 #9AA123

triadic

#A16923 #23A169 #6923A1

tetradic

#A16923 #23A12A #235BA1 #A1239A

square

#A16923 #23A12A #235BA1 #A1239A

split-complementary

#A16923 #239AA1 #2A23A1

monochromatic

#3C270D #6F4818 #A16923 #D28A2F #DDA662

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#A16923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#A16923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16923

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16923	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05C5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 105, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.109 67.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29463',
    500: '#a16923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16923;
$custom-light: #c29463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56858,
    "c": 0.10939,
    "h": 67.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16923

secondary

#5E8AC2

accent

#8BE741

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16923

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

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