#A17227#A17227

#A17227 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.107 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17227
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 39)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 75.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, 11.44, 46.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 48.10, 76.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.0277 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.107 75)
XYZ	xyz(21.0829, 19.7599, 4.6227)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17227 #2756A1

analogous

#A13527 #A17227 #93A127

triadic

#A17227 #27A172 #7227A1

tetradic

#A17227 #27A135 #2756A1 #A12793

square

#A17227 #27A135 #2756A1 #A12793

split-complementary

#A17227 #2793A1 #3527A1

monochromatic

#3E2C0F #704F1B #A17227 #CE9437 #DAAE68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#A17227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#A17227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17227

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17227	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83741C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.107 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c19a66',
    500: '#a17227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17227;
$custom-light: #c19a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.885,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58665,
    "c": 0.10686,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.19758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17227

secondary

#6387C0

accent

#81E444

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17227

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

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