#A16D40#A16D40

#A16D40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.090 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16D40
RGB	rgb(161, 109, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(28, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 60.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, 15.85, 33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 36.78, 64.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.0444 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.09 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0933, 18.8862, 7.3840)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16D40 #4074A1

analogous

#A14044 #A16D40 #A19E40

triadic

#A16D40 #40A16D #6D40A1

tetradic

#A16D40 #44A140 #4074A1 #9E40A1

square

#A16D40 #44A140 #4074A1 #9E40A1

split-complementary

#A16D40 #40A19E #4044A1

monochromatic

#49321D #754F2F #A16D40 #BF8C5F #D1AB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#A16D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#A16D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16D40

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16D40	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D713C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6262

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 109, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.090 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09776',
    500: '#a16d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16d40;
$custom-light: #c09776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.835,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57961,
    "c": 0.08998,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16D40

secondary

#81A1BC

accent

#98D355

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F8F2ED

border

#D1CCC8

text

#130D08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16D40

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

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