#A17821#A17821

#A17821 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.111 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17821
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 33)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(41, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 79.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, 7.78, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 51.21, 81.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.0163 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.111 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6904, 21.1215, 4.3730)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17821 #214AA1

analogous

#A13821 #A17821 #8AA121

triadic

#A17821 #21A178 #7821A1

tetradic

#A17821 #21A138 #214AA1 #A1218A

square

#A17821 #21A138 #214AA1 #A1218A

split-complementary

#A17821 #218AA1 #3821A1

monochromatic

#3B2C0C #6E5217 #A17821 #D49E2C #DEB55E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#A17821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#A17821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17821

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17821	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)

#897911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.111 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c19e64',
    500: '#a17821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17821;
$custom-light: #c19e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.781,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5984,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17821

secondary

#5B7CC3

accent

#75E93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17821

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

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