#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
RGBrgb(161, 108, 33)
HSLhsl(35, 66%, 38%)
HSVhsv(35, 80%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 32.9%, 79.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LABlab(49.99, 14.60, 47.73)
CIE-LCHlch(49.99, 49.92, 73.00°)
OKLaboklab(57.43% 0.0361 0.104)
OKLCHoklch(57.43% 0.11 70.9)
XYZxyz(20.3366, 18.4138, 3.9217)
Luminance0.1841 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

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
##A16C211.004.484.684.68
#FFFFFF4.481.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6821.001.001.00
##0000004.6821.001.001.00

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

Preview Lab

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#A16C21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva