#A17520#A17520

#A17520 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.111 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17520
RGB	rgb(161, 117, 32)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(40, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 80.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.29, 9.44, 50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.29, 51.15, 79.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.021 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.111 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3214, 20.4056, 4.1820)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17520 #204CA1

analogous

#A13520 #A17520 #8CA120

triadic

#A17520 #20A175 #7520A1

tetradic

#A17520 #20A135 #204CA1 #A1208C

square

#A17520 #20A135 #204CA1 #A1208C

split-complementary

#A17520 #208CA1 #3520A1

monochromatic

#3B2B0C #6E5016 #A17520 #D49A2A #DFB25D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#A17520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#A17520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17520

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17520	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 117, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.111 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29c63',
    500: '#a17520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17520;
$custom-light: #c29c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.535,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5922,
    "c": 0.11121,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17520

secondary

#5A7EC3

accent

#79EA3E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17520

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

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