#A17523#A17523

#A17523 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.110 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17523
RGB	rgb(161, 117, 35)
HSL	hsl(39, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(39, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 78.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 9.56, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 50.03, 78.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% 0.0217 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.11 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3641, 20.4227, 4.4066)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17523 #234FA1

analogous

#A13623 #A17523 #8EA123

triadic

#A17523 #23A175 #7523A1

tetradic

#A17523 #23A136 #234FA1 #A1238E

square

#A17523 #23A136 #234FA1 #A1238E

split-complementary

#A17523 #238EA1 #3623A1

monochromatic

#3C2C0D #6F5018 #A17523 #D2992F #DDB262

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#A17523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#A17523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17523

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17523	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)

#867615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 117, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.110 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c19c64',
    500: '#a17523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17523;
$custom-light: #c19c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.048,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59241,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17523

secondary

#5E81C2

accent

#7BE741

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17523

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

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