#A17817#A17817

#A17817 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.116 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17817
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 23)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(42, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, 7.44, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 54.50, 82.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.0143 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.116 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5706, 21.0735, 3.7420)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17817 #1740A1

analogous

#A13317 #A17817 #85A117

triadic

#A17817 #17A178 #7817A1

tetradic

#A17817 #17A133 #1740A1 #A11785

square

#A17817 #17A133 #1740A1 #A11785

split-complementary

#A17817 #1785A1 #3317A1

monochromatic

#362808 #6B500F #A17817 #D7A01F #E6B84D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#A17817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#A17817 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17817

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17817	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93831D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.116 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29e5f',
    500: '#a17817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17817;
$custom-light: #c29e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.174,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59782,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17817

secondary

#4C71C7

accent

#6EF236

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17817

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

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