#A17823#A17823

#A17823 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.110 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17823
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 35)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 78.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, 7.86, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 50.47, 81.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.0168 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.11 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7192, 21.1330, 4.5249)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17823 #234CA1

analogous

#A13923 #A17823 #8BA123

triadic

#A17823 #23A178 #7823A1

tetradic

#A17823 #23A139 #234CA1 #A1238B

square

#A17823 #23A139 #234CA1 #A1238B

split-complementary

#A17823 #238BA1 #3923A1

monochromatic

#3C2D0D #6F5318 #A17823 #D29D2F #DDB562

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#A17823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#A17823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17823

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17823	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)

#897915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.110 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c19e65',
    500: '#a17823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17823;
$custom-light: #c19e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.476,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59854,
    "c": 0.1103,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17823

secondary

#5E7EC2

accent

#77E741

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17823

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

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