#A17438#A17438

#A17438 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.095 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17438
RGB	rgb(161, 116, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 65.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, 11.28, 39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 40.95, 74.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% 0.0296 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.095 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6585, 20.3550, 6.5288)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17438 #3865A1

analogous

#A14038 #A17438 #99A138

triadic

#A17438 #38A174 #7438A1

tetradic

#A17438 #38A140 #3865A1 #A13899

square

#A17438 #38A140 #3865A1 #A13899

split-complementary

#A17438 #3899A1 #4038A1

monochromatic

#463318 #745328 #A17438 #C39353 #D3B080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#A17438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#A17438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17438

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17438	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 116, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.095 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09c71',
    500: '#a17438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17438;
$custom-light: #c09c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5924,
    "c": 0.09539,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17438

secondary

#7896BC

accent

#8AD850

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EC

border

#D1CCC7

text

#130E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17438

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

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