#A17317#A17317

#A17317 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.115 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17317
RGB	rgb(161, 115, 23)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(40, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, 10.27, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 53.89, 79.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.0225 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.115 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9849, 19.9022, 3.5467)
Luminance	0.1990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17317 #1745A1

analogous

#A12E17 #A17317 #8AA117

triadic

#A17317 #17A173 #7317A1

tetradic

#A17317 #17A12E #1745A1 #A1178A

square

#A17317 #17A12E #1745A1 #A1178A

split-complementary

#A17317 #178AA1 #2E17A1

monochromatic

#362608 #6B4D0F #A17317 #D7991F #E6B34D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#A17317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#A17317 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17317

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17317	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F801C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06662

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 115, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.115 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29b5e',
    500: '#a17317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17317;
$custom-light: #c29b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58761,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17317

secondary

#4C75C7

accent

#75F236

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17317

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

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