#A17E21#A17E21

#A17E21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.114 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17E21
RGB	rgb(161, 126, 33)
HSL	hsl(44, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 79.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, 4.40, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 52.26, 85.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% 0.0066 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.114 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4347, 22.6101, 4.6211)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17E21 #2144A1

analogous

#A13E21 #A17E21 #84A121

triadic

#A17E21 #21A17E #7E21A1

tetradic

#A17E21 #21A13E #2144A1 #A12184

square

#A17E21 #21A13E #2144A1 #A12184

split-complementary

#A17E21 #2184A1 #3E21A1

monochromatic

#3B2F0C #6E5617 #A17E21 #D4A62C #DEBB5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#A17E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#A17E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17E21

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17E21	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	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)

#8E7D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF726C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 126, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.114 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a364',
    500: '#a17e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17e21;
$custom-light: #c1a364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.594,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61086,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17E21

secondary

#5B77C3

accent

#6DE93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17E21

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

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