#A16A17#A16A17

#A16A17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.115 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16A17
RGB	rgb(161, 106, 23)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(36, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.43, 15.39, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.43, 53.24, 73.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.0373 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.115 71)
XYZ	xyz(20.0082, 17.9489, 3.2212)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16A17 #174EA1

analogous

#A12517 #A16A17 #93A117

triadic

#A16A17 #17A16A #6A17A1

tetradic

#A16A17 #17A125 #174EA1 #A11793

square

#A16A17 #17A125 #174EA1 #A11793

split-complementary

#A16A17 #1793A1 #2517A1

monochromatic

#362308 #6B470F #A16A17 #D78D1F #E6A94D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#A16A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#A16A17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16A17

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16A17	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6E02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05C5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 106, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.115 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2945d',
    500: '#a16a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16a17;
$custom-light: #c2945d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.087,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56973,
    "c": 0.1147,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.17947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16A17

secondary

#4C7DC7

accent

#81F236

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F9F1E9

border

#D2CBC5

text

#140D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16A17

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

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