#A16E40#A16E40

#A16E40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.090 H 61.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16E40
RGB	rgb(161, 110, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(28, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 60.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, 15.28, 33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 36.81, 65.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.0427 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.09 61.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2006, 19.1008, 7.4197)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16E40 #4073A1

analogous

#A14043 #A16E40 #A19F40

triadic

#A16E40 #40A16E #6E40A1

tetradic

#A16E40 #43A140 #4073A1 #9F40A1

square

#A16E40 #43A140 #4073A1 #9F40A1

split-complementary

#A16E40 #40A19F #4043A1

monochromatic

#49321D #75502F #A16E40 #BF8D5F #D1AC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#A16E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#A16E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16E40

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16E40	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 110, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.090 61.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09776',
    500: '#a16e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16e40;
$custom-light: #c09776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.454,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58156,
    "c": 0.08974,
    "h": 61.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16E40

secondary

#81A0BC

accent

#97D355

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F8F2ED

border

#D1CCC8

text

#130D08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16E40

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

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