#A16E17#A16E17

#A16E17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.115 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16E17
RGB	rgb(161, 110, 23)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(38, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 13.12, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 53.45, 75.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.0307 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.115 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4301, 18.7926, 3.3618)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16E17 #174AA1

analogous

#A12917 #A16E17 #8FA117

triadic

#A16E17 #17A16E #6E17A1

tetradic

#A16E17 #17A129 #174AA1 #A1178F

square

#A16E17 #17A129 #174AA1 #A1178F

split-complementary

#A16E17 #178FA1 #2917A1

monochromatic

#362508 #6B490F #A16E17 #D7931F #E6AD4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#A16E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#A16E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16E17

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16E17	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0615E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 110, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.115 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2975e',
    500: '#a16e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16e17;
$custom-light: #c2975e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.826,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57759,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16E17

secondary

#4C7AC7

accent

#7BF236

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F9F2E9

border

#D2CCC5

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16E17

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

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