#A17417#A17417

#A17417 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.115 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17417
RGB	rgb(161, 116, 23)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(40, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, 9.71, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 53.99, 79.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.0208 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.115 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0995, 20.1315, 3.5850)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17417 #1744A1

analogous

#A12F17 #A17417 #89A117

triadic

#A17417 #17A174 #7417A1

tetradic

#A17417 #17A12F #1744A1 #A11789

square

#A17417 #17A12F #1744A1 #A11789

split-complementary

#A17417 #1789A1 #2F17A1

monochromatic

#362708 #6B4D0F #A17417 #D79B1F #E6B44D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A17417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#A17417 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17417

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17417	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90801C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 116, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.115 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29b5e',
    500: '#a17417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17417;
$custom-light: #c29b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.435,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58964,
    "c": 0.11515,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17417

secondary

#4C75C7

accent

#73F236

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17417

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

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