#A17717#A17717

#A17717 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.116 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17717
RGB	rgb(161, 119, 23)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(42, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, 8.01, 53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 54.37, 81.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.0159 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.116 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4509, 20.8343, 3.7021)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17717 #1741A1

analogous

#A13217 #A17717 #86A117

triadic

#A17717 #17A177 #7717A1

tetradic

#A17717 #17A132 #1741A1 #A11786

square

#A17717 #17A132 #1741A1 #A11786

split-complementary

#A17717 #1786A1 #3217A1

monochromatic

#362808 #6B4F0F #A17717 #D79F1F #E6B74D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#A17717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#A17717 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17717

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17717	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92821D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 119, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.116 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29d5f',
    500: '#a17717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17717;
$custom-light: #c29d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59577,
    "c": 0.1158,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17717

secondary

#4C72C7

accent

#6FF236

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17717

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

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