#A17C23#A17C23

#A17C23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.112 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17C23
RGB	rgb(161, 124, 35)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 78.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, 5.60, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 51.15, 83.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% 0.0103 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.112 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2104, 22.1153, 4.6887)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17C23 #2348A1

analogous

#A13D23 #A17C23 #87A123

triadic

#A17C23 #23A17C #7C23A1

tetradic

#A17C23 #23A13D #2348A1 #A12387

square

#A17C23 #23A13D #2348A1 #A12387

split-complementary

#A17C23 #2387A1 #3D23A1

monochromatic

#3C2F0D #6F5518 #A17C23 #D2A22F #DDB962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#A17C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#A17C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17C23

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17C23	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF706B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 124, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.112 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a165',
    500: '#a17c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17c23;
$custom-light: #c1a165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.381,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60681,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17C23

secondary

#5E7BC2

accent

#71E741

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17C23

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

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