#A17511#A17511

#A17511 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.117 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17511
RGB	rgb(161, 117, 17)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(42, 89%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 89.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 8.99, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 55.73, 80.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% 0.0183 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.117 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1620, 20.3419, 3.3420)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17511 #113DA1

analogous

#A12D11 #A17511 #85A111

triadic

#A17511 #11A175 #7511A1

tetradic

#A17511 #11A12D #113DA1 #A11185

square

#A17511 #11A12D #113DA1 #A11185

split-complementary

#A17511 #1185A1 #2D11A1

monochromatic

#322505 #6A4D0B #A17511 #D89D17 #EBB741

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#A17511 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#A17511 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17511

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17511	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17511	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)

#877600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17511;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 117, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.117 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29c5c',
    500: '#a17511',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17511;
$custom-light: #c29c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17511",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59141,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17511

secondary

#436CCB

accent

#6DF731

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F9F2E9

border

#D2CCC5

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17511

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

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