#A17516#A17516

#A17516 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.116 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17516
RGB	rgb(161, 117, 22)
HSL	hsl(41, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(41, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, 9.11, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 54.40, 80.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.019 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.116 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2056, 20.3593, 3.5718)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17516 #1642A1

analogous

#A12F16 #A17516 #87A116

triadic

#A17516 #16A175 #7516A1

tetradic

#A17516 #16A12F #1642A1 #A11687

square

#A17516 #16A12F #1642A1 #A11687

split-complementary

#A17516 #1687A1 #2F16A1

monochromatic

#352707 #6B4E0F #A17516 #D79C1D #E6B54B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#A17516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#A17516 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17516

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17516	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91811B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 117, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.116 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29c5e',
    500: '#a17516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17516;
$custom-light: #c29c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.007,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59163,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17516

secondary

#4B72C8

accent

#71F335

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17516

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

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