#A17535#A17535

#A17535 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.098 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17535
RGB	rgb(161, 117, 53)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 67.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 10.51, 41.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 42.45, 75.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.0269 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.098 74)
XYZ	xyz(21.7032, 20.5583, 6.1926)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17535 #3561A1

analogous

#A13F35 #A17535 #97A135

triadic

#A17535 #35A175 #7535A1

tetradic

#A17535 #35A13F #3561A1 #A13597

square

#A17535 #35A13F #3561A1 #A13597

split-complementary

#A17535 #3597A1 #3F35A1

monochromatic

#453217 #735426 #A17535 #C5954E #D4B07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#A17535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#A17535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17535

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17535	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85772E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6A67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 117, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.098 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09c6f',
    500: '#a17535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17535;
$custom-light: #c09c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 50.467,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59407,
    "c": 0.09775,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.20557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17535

secondary

#7592BD

accent

#87DA4E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EC

border

#D1CCC7

text

#130E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17535

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

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