#A17917#A17917

#A17917 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.116 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17917
RGB	rgb(161, 121, 23)
HSL	hsl(43, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(43, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, 6.88, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 54.65, 82.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.0127 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.116 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6915, 21.3153, 3.7823)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17917 #173FA1

analogous

#A13417 #A17917 #84A117

triadic

#A17917 #17A179 #7917A1

tetradic

#A17917 #17A134 #173FA1 #A11784

square

#A17917 #17A134 #173FA1 #A11784

split-complementary

#A17917 #1784A1 #3417A1

monochromatic

#362908 #6B510F #A17917 #D7A11F #E6B94D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#A17917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#A17917 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17917

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17917	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)

#8A7900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93831D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 121, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.116 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29f5f',
    500: '#a17917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17917;
$custom-light: #c29f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.609,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59989,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17917

secondary

#4C70C7

accent

#6DF236

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17917

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

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