#A17E18#A17E18
#A17E18 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 | #A17E18 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(161, 126, 24) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 74%, 36%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 85%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 85.1%, 36.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.62, 4.09, 55.04) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(54.62, 55.19, 85.75°) |
| OKLab | oklab(61.04% 0.0048 0.1177) |
| OKLCH | oklch(61.04% 0.118 87.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(22.3251, 22.5663, 4.0439) |
| Luminance | 0.2256 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Yellowish Brown
#9B7A01
ΔE00 2.12
Diarrhea
#9F8303
ΔE00 3.33
Mustard Brown
#AC7E04
ΔE00 3.35
Bronze (survey)
#A87900
ΔE00 3.68
Puke Brown
#947706
ΔE00 3.69
Baby Poop
#937C00
ΔE00 4.49
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A17E18 #183BA1
analogous
#A13A18 #A17E18 #80A118
triadic
#A17E18 #18A17E #7E18A1
tetradic
#A17E18 #18A13A #183BA1 #A11880
square
#A17E18 #18A13A #183BA1 #A11880
split-complementary
#A17E18 #1880A1 #3A18A1
monochromatic
#362B08 #6C5410 #A17E18 #D6A820 #E5BE4F
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.81
#A17E18 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.51
#A17E18 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A17E18
5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A17E18 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A17E18 | 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)
#97871F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AF726C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#838383
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a17e18; /* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 126, 24); /* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.118 87.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2a360',
500: '#a17e18',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a17e18; $custom-light: #c2a360; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a17e18",
"rgb": {
"r": 161,
"g": 126,
"b": 24
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.672,
"s": 74.054,
"l": 36.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.61035,
"c": 0.11782,
"h": 87.7
},
"luminance": 0.22565
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A17E18
secondary
#4E6DC7
accent
#67F137
background
#FCF9F6
surface
#F8F2EB
border
#D1CCC6
text
#130F05
muted
#827E7A