#A17A42#A17A42

#A17A42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.088 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17A42
RGB	rgb(161, 122, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(35, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 59%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 8.61, 36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 37.14, 76.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% 0.0232 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.088 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6420, 21.8910, 8.1860)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17A42 #4269A1

analogous

#A14A42 #A17A42 #99A142

triadic

#A17A42 #42A17A #7A42A1

tetradic

#A17A42 #42A14A #4269A1 #A14299

square

#A17A42 #42A14A #4269A1 #A14299

split-complementary

#A17A42 #4299A1 #4A42A1

monochromatic

#4A381E #765930 #A17A42 #BF9862 #D0B58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#A17A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#A17A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17A42

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17A42	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 122, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.088 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a078',
    500: '#a17a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17a42;
$custom-light: #c0a078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.368,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60587,
    "c": 0.08805,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17A42

secondary

#839ABB

accent

#89D256

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F8F2ED

border

#D1CCC8

text

#130E09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17A42

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

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