#A16C23#A16C23

#A16C23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.109 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16C23
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 35)
HSL	hsl(35, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(35, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 78.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 14.68, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 49.16, 72.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% 0.0366 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.109 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3654, 18.4254, 4.0737)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16C23 #2358A1

analogous

#A12D23 #A16C23 #97A123

triadic

#A16C23 #23A16C #6C23A1

tetradic

#A16C23 #23A12D #2358A1 #A12397

square

#A16C23 #23A12D #2358A1 #A12397

split-complementary

#A16C23 #2397A1 #2D23A1

monochromatic

#3C290D #6F4A18 #A16C23 #D28D2F #DDA962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#A16C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#A16C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16C23

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16C23	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)

#7E6F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.109 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29663',
    500: '#a16c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16c23;
$custom-light: #c29663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.762,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57442,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16C23

secondary

#5E88C2

accent

#87E741

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16C23

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

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