#A17517#A17517

#A17517 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.115 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17517
RGB	rgb(161, 117, 23)
HSL	hsl(41, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(41, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, 9.14, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 54.11, 80.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% 0.0192 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.115 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2154, 20.3632, 3.6236)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17517 #1743A1

analogous

#A13017 #A17517 #88A117

triadic

#A17517 #17A175 #7517A1

tetradic

#A17517 #17A130 #1743A1 #A11788

square

#A17517 #17A130 #1743A1 #A11788

split-complementary

#A17517 #1788A1 #3017A1

monochromatic

#362708 #6B4E0F #A17517 #D79C1F #E6B54D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#A17517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#A17517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17517

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17517	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)

#867600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91811C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 117, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.115 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29c5f',
    500: '#a17517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17517;
$custom-light: #c29c5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.87,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59167,
    "c": 0.11534,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17517

secondary

#4C74C7

accent

#72F236

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17517

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

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