#A17217#A17217

#A17217 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.115 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17217
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 23)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(40, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, 10.84, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 53.78, 78.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.0241 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.115 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8715, 19.6753, 3.5089)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17217 #1746A1

analogous

#A12D17 #A17217 #8BA117

triadic

#A17217 #17A172 #7217A1

tetradic

#A17217 #17A12D #1746A1 #A1178B

square

#A17217 #17A12D #1746A1 #A1178B

split-complementary

#A17217 #178BA1 #2D17A1

monochromatic

#362608 #6B4C0F #A17217 #D7981F #E6B24D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#A17217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#A17217 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17217

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17217	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)

#8F7F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.115 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29a5e',
    500: '#a17217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17217;
$custom-light: #c29a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.565,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58559,
    "c": 0.11484,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17217

secondary

#4C76C7

accent

#76F236

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17217

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

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