#A17231#A17231

#A17231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.100 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17231
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 49)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 69.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 11.97, 42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 43.87, 74.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.0306 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.1 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2710, 19.8352, 5.6134)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17231 #3160A1

analogous

#A13A31 #A17231 #98A131

triadic

#A17231 #31A172 #7231A1

tetradic

#A17231 #31A13A #3160A1 #A13198

square

#A17231 #31A13A #3160A1 #A13198

split-complementary

#A17231 #3198A1 #3A31A1

monochromatic

#433014 #725123 #A17231 #C79248 #D6AE77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#A17231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#A17231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17231

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17231	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83742A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6664

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.100 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c19a6c',
    500: '#a17231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17231;
$custom-light: #c19a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.821,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5876,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17231

secondary

#7091BE

accent

#88DD4B

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17231

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

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