#A17838#A17838

#A17838 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.096 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17838
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 65.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, 9.01, 40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 41.52, 77.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.0229 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.096 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1295, 21.2971, 6.6858)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17838 #3861A1

analogous

#A14338 #A17838 #96A138

triadic

#A17838 #38A178 #7838A1

tetradic

#A17838 #38A143 #3861A1 #A13896

square

#A17838 #38A143 #3861A1 #A13896

split-complementary

#A17838 #3896A1 #4338A1

monochromatic

#463418 #745628 #A17838 #C39753 #D3B380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#A17838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#A17838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17838

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17838	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91833A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.096 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09e71',
    500: '#a17838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17838;
$custom-light: #c09e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.571,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60051,
    "c": 0.09596,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17838

secondary

#7893BC

accent

#85D850

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EC

border

#D1CCC7

text

#130E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17838

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

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