#A17E1B#A17E1B

#A17E1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.117 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17E1B
RGB	rgb(161, 126, 27)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(44, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 83.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, 4.18, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 54.28, 85.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% 0.0054 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.117 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3581, 22.5795, 4.2174)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17E1B #1B3EA1

analogous

#A13B1B #A17E1B #81A11B

triadic

#A17E1B #1BA17E #7E1BA1

tetradic

#A17E1B #1BA13B #1B3EA1 #A11B81

square

#A17E1B #1BA13B #1B3EA1 #A11B81

split-complementary

#A17E1B #1B81A1 #3B1BA1

monochromatic

#382C09 #6D5512 #A17E1B #D5A724 #E2BD54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#A17E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#A17E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17E1B

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17E1B	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF726C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 126, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.117 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a361',
    500: '#a17e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17e1b;
$custom-light: #c1a361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.328,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6105,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17E1B

secondary

#5270C5

accent

#69EE3A

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17E1B

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

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