#A16D23#A16D23

#A16D23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.109 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16D23
RGB	rgb(161, 109, 35)
HSL	hsl(35, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(35, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 78.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 14.11, 47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 49.22, 73.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% 0.0349 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.109 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4715, 18.6375, 4.1090)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16D23 #2357A1

analogous

#A12E23 #A16D23 #96A123

triadic

#A16D23 #23A16D #6D23A1

tetradic

#A16D23 #23A12E #2357A1 #A12396

square

#A16D23 #23A12E #2357A1 #A12396

split-complementary

#A16D23 #2396A1 #2E23A1

monochromatic

#3C290D #6F4B18 #A16D23 #D28F2F #DDAA62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#A16D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#A16D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16D23

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16D23	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)

#7F7018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0605E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 109, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.109 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29663',
    500: '#a16d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16d23;
$custom-light: #c29663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.238,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57639,
    "c": 0.10899,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16D23

secondary

#5E87C2

accent

#85E741

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16D23

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

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