#A17215#A17215

#A17215 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.116 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17215
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 21)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(40, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 87%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, 10.79, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 54.37, 78.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.0238 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.116 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8522, 19.6676, 3.4073)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17215 #1544A1

analogous

#A12C15 #A17215 #8AA115

triadic

#A17215 #15A172 #7215A1

tetradic

#A17215 #15A12C #1544A1 #A1158A

square

#A17215 #15A12C #1544A1 #A1158A

split-complementary

#A17215 #158AA1 #2C15A1

monochromatic

#352507 #6B4C0E #A17215 #D7981C #E7B249

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#A17215 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#A17215 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17215

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17215	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17215	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F7F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17215;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.116 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29a5d',
    500: '#a17215',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17215;
$custom-light: #c29a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17215",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.857,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5855,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17215

secondary

#4974C8

accent

#75F334

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F9F2E9

border

#D2CCC5

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17215

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

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