#A17E17#A17E17

#A17E17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.118 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17E17
RGB	rgb(161, 126, 23)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(45, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, 4.06, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 55.47, 85.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% 0.0046 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.118 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3149, 22.5622, 3.9901)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17E17 #173AA1

analogous

#A13917 #A17E17 #7FA117

triadic

#A17E17 #17A17E #7E17A1

tetradic

#A17E17 #17A139 #173AA1 #A1177F

square

#A17E17 #17A139 #173AA1 #A1177F

split-complementary

#A17E17 #177FA1 #3917A1

monochromatic

#362A08 #6B540F #A17E17 #D7A81F #E6BF4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#A17E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#A17E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17E17

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17E17	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97871E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF726C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 126, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.118 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a360',
    500: '#a17e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17e17;
$custom-light: #c2a360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.783,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6103,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17E17

secondary

#4C6CC7

accent

#66F236

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17E17

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

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