#A16C36#A16C36

#A16C36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.097 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16C36
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 54)
HSL	hsl(30, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(30, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 66.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, 15.70, 38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 41.18, 67.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% 0.0424 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.097 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7278, 18.5703, 5.9821)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16C36 #366BA1

analogous

#A13636 #A16C36 #A1A136

triadic

#A16C36 #36A16C #6C36A1

tetradic

#A16C36 #36A136 #366BA1 #A136A1

square

#A16C36 #36A136 #366BA1 #A136A1

split-complementary

#A16C36 #36A1A1 #3636A1

monochromatic

#452F17 #734D27 #A16C36 #C48B50 #D4A97E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#A16C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#A16C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16C36

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16C36	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6060

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.097 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1966f',
    500: '#a16c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16c36;
$custom-light: #c1966f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.28,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57632,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16C36

secondary

#7699BD

accent

#93D94F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EC

border

#D1CCC7

text

#130D07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16C36

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

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