#A17720#A17720

#A17720 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.112 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17720
RGB	rgb(161, 119, 32)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(40, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 80.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 8.31, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 51.42, 80.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% 0.0177 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.112 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5570, 20.8767, 4.2605)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17720 #204AA1

analogous

#A13620 #A17720 #8AA120

triadic

#A17720 #20A177 #7720A1

tetradic

#A17720 #20A136 #204AA1 #A1208A

square

#A17720 #20A136 #204AA1 #A1208A

split-complementary

#A17720 #208AA1 #3620A1

monochromatic

#3B2C0C #6E5116 #A17720 #D49D2A #DFB45D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#A17720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#A17720 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17720

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17720	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)

#88780F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 119, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.112 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c19e63',
    500: '#a17720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17720;
$custom-light: #c19e63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.465,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59628,
    "c": 0.11165,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17720

secondary

#5A7CC3

accent

#76EA3E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17720

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

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