#A17B17#A17B17

#A17B17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.117 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17B17
RGB	rgb(161, 123, 23)
HSL	hsl(43, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(43, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 5.75, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 54.96, 84.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.0095 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.117 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9370, 21.8065, 3.8641)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17B17 #173DA1

analogous

#A13617 #A17B17 #82A117

triadic

#A17B17 #17A17B #7B17A1

tetradic

#A17B17 #17A136 #173DA1 #A11782

square

#A17B17 #17A136 #173DA1 #A11782

split-complementary

#A17B17 #1782A1 #3617A1

monochromatic

#362908 #6B520F #A17B17 #D7A41F #E6BC4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#A17B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#A17B17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17B17

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17B17	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95851D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 123, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.117 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a05f',
    500: '#a17b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17b17;
$custom-light: #c2a05f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.478,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60403,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17B17

secondary

#4C6EC7

accent

#6AF236

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17B17

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

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