#A1781B#A1781B

#A1781B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.114 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1781B
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 27)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(42, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 83.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, 7.56, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 53.27, 81.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% 0.015 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.114 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6137, 21.0908, 3.9693)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1781B #1B44A1

analogous

#A1351B #A1781B #87A11B

triadic

#A1781B #1BA178 #781BA1

tetradic

#A1781B #1BA135 #1B44A1 #A11B87

square

#A1781B #1BA135 #1B44A1 #A11B87

split-complementary

#A1781B #1B87A1 #351BA1

monochromatic

#382A09 #6D5112 #A1781B #D59F24 #E2B754

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#A1781B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#A1781B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A1781B

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1781B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A1781B	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897904

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1781b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.114 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29e61',
    500: '#a1781b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1781b;
$custom-light: #c29e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1781b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.642,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59803,
    "c": 0.11436,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1781B

secondary

#5276C5

accent

#71EE3A

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1781B

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

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