#A16D16#A16D16

#A16D16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.115 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16D16
RGB	rgb(161, 109, 22)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(38, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 13.66, 51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 53.68, 75.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% 0.0321 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.115 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3130, 18.5741, 3.2743)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16D16 #164AA1

analogous

#A12716 #A16D16 #8FA116

triadic

#A16D16 #16A16D #6D16A1

tetradic

#A16D16 #16A127 #164AA1 #A1168F

square

#A16D16 #16A127 #164AA1 #A1168F

split-complementary

#A16D16 #168FA1 #2716A1

monochromatic

#352407 #6B490F #A16D16 #D7911D #E6AC4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#A16D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#A16D16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16D16

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16D16	1.00	4.45	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.45	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)

#7F7000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7C1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 109, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.115 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2965d',
    500: '#a16d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16d16;
$custom-light: #c2965d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.554,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57556,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16D16

secondary

#4B7AC8

accent

#7CF335

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F9F2E9

border

#D2CCC5

text

#140D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16D16

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

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