#A16D22#A16D22

#A16D22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.110 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16D22
RGB	rgb(161, 109, 34)
HSL	hsl(35, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(35, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 78.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 14.07, 47.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 49.60, 73.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% 0.0347 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.11 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4569, 18.6317, 4.0320)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16D22 #2256A1

analogous

#A12D22 #A16D22 #95A122

triadic

#A16D22 #22A16D #6D22A1

tetradic

#A16D22 #22A12D #2256A1 #A12295

square

#A16D22 #22A12D #2256A1 #A12295

split-complementary

#A16D22 #2295A1 #2D22A1

monochromatic

#3C290D #6E4B17 #A16D22 #D38F2D #DDAA60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#A16D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#A16D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16D22

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16D22	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0605E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 109, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.110 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29663',
    500: '#a16d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16d22;
$custom-light: #c29663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.433,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57631,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16D22

secondary

#5D86C2

accent

#85E840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16D22

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

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