#A17E1E#A17E1E
#A17E1E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.115 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A17E1E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(161, 126, 30) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 69%, 37%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 81%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 81.4%, 36.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.65, 4.29, 53.13) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(54.65, 53.30, 85.39°) |
| OKLab | oklab(61.07% 0.0059 0.1149) |
| OKLCH | oklch(61.07% 0.115 87) |
| XYZ | xyz(22.3946, 22.5941, 4.4096) |
| Luminance | 0.2259 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Yellowish Brown
#9B7A01
ΔE00 2.51
Mustard Brown
#AC7E04
ΔE00 3.46
Bronze (survey)
#A87900
ΔE00 3.72
Diarrhea
#9F8303
ΔE00 3.75
Puke Brown
#947706
ΔE00 3.89
Baby Poop
#937C00
ΔE00 4.79
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A17E1E #1E41A1
analogous
#A13C1E #A17E1E #83A11E
triadic
#A17E1E #1EA17E #7E1EA1
tetradic
#A17E1E #1EA13C #1E41A1 #A11E83
square
#A17E1E #1EA13C #1E41A1 #A11E83
split-complementary
#A17E1E #1E83A1 #3C1EA1
monochromatic
#3A2D0B #6D5614 #A17E1E #D5A628 #E0BC59
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.81
#A17E1E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.52
#A17E1E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A17E1E
5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A17E1E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A17E1E | 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)
#8E7D07
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#978724
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AF726C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#838383
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a17e1e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 126, 30); /* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.115 87.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c1a363',
500: '#a17e1e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a17e1e; $custom-light: #c1a363; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a17e1e",
"rgb": {
"r": 161,
"g": 126,
"b": 30
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.969,
"s": 68.586,
"l": 37.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.61067,
"c": 0.11508,
"h": 87
},
"luminance": 0.22593
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A17E1E
secondary
#5774C4
accent
#6BEB3C
background
#FCF9F6
surface
#F8F2EB
border
#D1CCC6
text
#130F06
muted
#827E7A