#A16A23#A16A23

#A16A23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.109 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16A23
RGB	rgb(161, 106, 35)
HSL	hsl(34, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(34, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 78.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 15.82, 46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 49.05, 71.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% 0.0399 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.109 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1569, 18.0084, 4.0042)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16A23 #235AA1

analogous

#A12B23 #A16A23 #99A123

triadic

#A16A23 #23A16A #6A23A1

tetradic

#A16A23 #23A12B #235AA1 #A12399

square

#A16A23 #23A12B #235AA1 #A12399

split-complementary

#A16A23 #2399A1 #2B23A1

monochromatic

#3C280D #6F4918 #A16A23 #D28B2F #DDA762

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#A16A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#A16A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16A23

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16A23	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05D5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 106, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.109 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29463',
    500: '#a16a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16a23;
$custom-light: #c29463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.81,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57052,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16A23

secondary

#5E8AC2

accent

#89E741

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16A23

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

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