#A16E22#A16E22

#A16E22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.110 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16E22
RGB	rgb(161, 110, 34)
HSL	hsl(36, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(36, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 78.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.51, 13.50, 47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.51, 49.68, 74.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.033 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.11 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5641, 18.8462, 4.0677)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16E22 #2255A1

analogous

#A12F22 #A16E22 #94A122

triadic

#A16E22 #22A16E #6E22A1

tetradic

#A16E22 #22A12F #2255A1 #A12294

square

#A16E22 #22A12F #2255A1 #A12294

split-complementary

#A16E22 #2294A1 #2F22A1

monochromatic

#3C290D #6E4B17 #A16E22 #D3902D #DDAB60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#A16E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#A16E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16E22

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16E22	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0615F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 110, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.110 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29763',
    500: '#a16e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16e22;
$custom-light: #c29763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.906,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57829,
    "c": 0.1095,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16E22

secondary

#5D85C2

accent

#83E840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16E22

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

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