#A16E23#A16E23

#A16E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.109 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16E23
RGB	rgb(161, 110, 35)
HSL	hsl(36, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(36, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 78.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.51, 13.54, 47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.51, 49.30, 74.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.0333 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.109 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5788, 18.8521, 4.1448)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16E23 #2356A1

analogous

#A12F23 #A16E23 #95A123

triadic

#A16E23 #23A16E #6E23A1

tetradic

#A16E23 #23A12F #2356A1 #A12395

square

#A16E23 #23A12F #2356A1 #A12395

split-complementary

#A16E23 #2395A1 #2F23A1

monochromatic

#3C290D #6F4C18 #A16E23 #D2902F #DDAB62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#A16E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#A16E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16E23

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16E23	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)

#807117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0615F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 110, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.109 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29764',
    500: '#a16e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16e23;
$custom-light: #c29764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.714,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57836,
    "c": 0.10896,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16E23

secondary

#5E86C2

accent

#84E741

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16E23

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

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