#A17316#A17316

#A17316 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.115 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17316
RGB	rgb(161, 115, 22)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(40, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.72, 10.25, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.72, 54.18, 79.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.0223 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.115 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9750, 19.8982, 3.4949)
Luminance	0.1990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17316 #1644A1

analogous

#A12D16 #A17316 #89A116

triadic

#A17316 #16A173 #7316A1

tetradic

#A17316 #16A12D #1644A1 #A11689

square

#A17316 #16A12D #1644A1 #A11689

split-complementary

#A17316 #1689A1 #2D16A1

monochromatic

#352607 #6B4D0F #A17316 #D7991D #E6B34B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#A17316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#A17316 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17316

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17316	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F801B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06662

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 115, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.115 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29b5e',
    500: '#a17316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17316;
$custom-light: #c29b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.144,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58756,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17316

secondary

#4B74C8

accent

#74F335

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2E9

border

#D1CCC5

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17316

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

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