#A17522#A17522

#A17522 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.110 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17522
RGB	rgb(161, 117, 34)
HSL	hsl(39, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 78.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 9.52, 49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 50.41, 79.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% 0.0215 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.11 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3494, 20.4168, 4.3295)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17522 #224EA1

analogous

#A13622 #A17522 #8DA122

triadic

#A17522 #22A175 #7522A1

tetradic

#A17522 #22A136 #224EA1 #A1228D

square

#A17522 #22A136 #224EA1 #A1228D

split-complementary

#A17522 #228DA1 #3622A1

monochromatic

#3C2C0D #6E5017 #A17522 #D3992D #DDB260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#A17522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#A17522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17522

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17522	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)

#867614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 117, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.110 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c19c64',
    500: '#a17522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17522;
$custom-light: #c19c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.213,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59233,
    "c": 0.11015,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17522

secondary

#5D80C2

accent

#7AE840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17522

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

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