#A17C40#A17C40

#A17C40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.090 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17C40
RGB	rgb(161, 124, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 60.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.41, 7.32, 37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.41, 38.46, 79.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% 0.0191 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.09 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8322, 22.3640, 7.9636)
Luminance	0.2236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17C40 #4065A1

analogous

#A14C40 #A17C40 #96A140

triadic

#A17C40 #40A17C #7C40A1

tetradic

#A17C40 #40A14C #4065A1 #A14096

square

#A17C40 #40A14C #4065A1 #A14096

split-complementary

#A17C40 #4096A1 #4C40A1

monochromatic

#49391D #755A2F #A17C40 #BF9B5F #D1B68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#A17C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#A17C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17C40

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17C40	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 124, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.090 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a177',
    500: '#a17c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17c40;
$custom-light: #c0a177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.113,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60971,
    "c": 0.09031,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17C40

secondary

#8197BC

accent

#85D355

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F8F2ED

border

#D1CCC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17C40

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

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