#A17822#A17822

#A17822 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.111 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17822
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 34)
HSL	hsl(41, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 78.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, 7.82, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 50.84, 81.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.0165 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.111 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7046, 21.1272, 4.4479)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17822 #224BA1

analogous

#A13822 #A17822 #8AA122

triadic

#A17822 #22A178 #7822A1

tetradic

#A17822 #22A138 #224BA1 #A1228A

square

#A17822 #22A138 #224BA1 #A1228A

split-complementary

#A17822 #228AA1 #3822A1

monochromatic

#3C2D0D #6E5217 #A17822 #D39D2D #DDB560

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#A17822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#A17822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17822

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17822	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.111 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c19e64',
    500: '#a17822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17822;
$custom-light: #c19e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.63,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59847,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17822

secondary

#5D7DC2

accent

#76E840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17822

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

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