#A17221#A17221

#A17221 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.110 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17221
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 33)
HSL	hsl(38, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 79.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, 11.18, 49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 50.42, 77.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% 0.0262 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.11 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9913, 19.7233, 4.1400)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17221 #2150A1

analogous

#A13221 #A17221 #90A121

triadic

#A17221 #21A172 #7221A1

tetradic

#A17221 #21A132 #2150A1 #A12190

square

#A17221 #21A132 #2150A1 #A12190

split-complementary

#A17221 #2190A1 #3221A1

monochromatic

#3B2A0C #6E4E17 #A17221 #D4962C #DEAF5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#A17221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#A17221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17221

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17221	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.110 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29a63',
    500: '#a17221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17221;
$custom-light: #c29a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.969,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58619,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17221

secondary

#5B81C3

accent

#7DE93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17221

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

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