#A17216#A17216

#A17216 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.115 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17216
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 22)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(40, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, 10.81, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 54.08, 78.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.0239 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.115 78)
XYZ	xyz(20.8616, 19.6714, 3.4571)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17216 #1645A1

analogous

#A12C16 #A17216 #8AA116

triadic

#A17216 #16A172 #7216A1

tetradic

#A17216 #16A12C #1645A1 #A1168A

square

#A17216 #16A12C #1645A1 #A1168A

split-complementary

#A17216 #168AA1 #2C16A1

monochromatic

#352607 #6B4C0F #A17216 #D7981D #E6B24B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#A17216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#A17216 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17216

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17216	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)

#8F7F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.115 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29a5e',
    500: '#a17216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17216;
$custom-light: #c29a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.712,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58554,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.1967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17216

secondary

#4B75C8

accent

#75F335

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2E9

border

#D1CCC5

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17216

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

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