#A16C21#A16C21
#A16C21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.110 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A16C21 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(161, 108, 33) |
| HSL | hsl(35, 66%, 38%) |
| HSV | hsv(35, 80%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 79.5%, 36.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(49.99, 14.60, 47.73) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(49.99, 49.92, 73.00°) |
| OKLab | oklab(57.43% 0.0361 0.104) |
| OKLCH | oklch(57.43% 0.11 70.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(20.3366, 18.4138, 3.9217) |
| Luminance | 0.1841 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Caramel (survey)
#AF6F09
ΔE00 3.93
Raw Sienna
#9A6200
ΔE00 4.02
Leather
#AC7434
ΔE00 4.16
Umber (survey)
#B26400
ΔE00 6.00
Raw Umber
#A75E09
ΔE00 6.15
Brown Orange
#B96902
ΔE00 6.56
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A16C21 #2156A1
analogous
#A12C21 #A16C21 #96A121
triadic
#A16C21 #21A16C #6C21A1
tetradic
#A16C21 #21A12C #2156A1 #A12196
square
#A16C21 #21A12C #2156A1 #A12196
split-complementary
#A16C21 #2196A1 #2C21A1
monochromatic
#3B280C #6E4A17 #A16C21 #D48E2C #DEA95E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
4.48
#A16C21 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
4.68
#A16C21 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A16C21
4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A16C21 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A16C21 | 1.00 | 4.48 | 4.68 | 4.68 |
| #FFFFFF | 4.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 4.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 4.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E6F15
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8B7C23
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B05F5D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#777777
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a16c21; /* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 33); /* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.110 70.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c29662',
500: '#a16c21',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a16c21; $custom-light: #c29662; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a16c21",
"rgb": {
"r": 161,
"g": 108,
"b": 33
},
"hsl": {
"h": 35.156,
"s": 65.979,
"l": 38.039
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.57427,
"c": 0.11009,
"h": 70.9
},
"luminance": 0.18412
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A16C21
secondary
#5B86C3
accent
#85E93F
background
#FCF9F6
surface
#F8F1EB
border
#D1CBC6
text
#130D05
muted
#827E7A