#A17559#A17559

#A17559 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.069 H 53.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17559
RGB	rgb(161, 117, 89)
HSL	hsl(23, 29%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(23, 45%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 44.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, 13.66, 22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 26.09, 58.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% 0.0409 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.069 53.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8634, 21.0224, 12.3028)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17559 #5985A1

analogous

#A15961 #A17559 #A19959

triadic

#A17559 #59A175 #7559A1

tetradic

#A17559 #61A159 #5985A1 #9959A1

square

#A17559 #61A159 #5985A1 #9959A1

split-complementary

#A17559 #59A199 #5961A1

monochromatic

#523C2D #7A5843 #A17559 #B8957F #CEB6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#A17559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#A17559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17559

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17559	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6D6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 117, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.069 53.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf9c88',
    500: '#a17559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17559;
$custom-light: #bf9c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.333,
    "s": 28.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59971,
    "c": 0.06868,
    "h": 53.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17559

secondary

#9AAFBC

accent

#9FC563

background

#FBF9F8

surface

#F7F2EF

border

#D0CCCA

text

#120E0B

muted

#817E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17559

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

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