#A17E22#A17E22

#A17E22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.113 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17E22
RGB	rgb(161, 126, 34)
HSL	hsl(43, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(43, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 78.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, 4.44, 51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 51.90, 85.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% 0.0068 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.113 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4489, 22.6158, 4.6960)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17E22 #2245A1

analogous

#A13F22 #A17E22 #84A122

triadic

#A17E22 #22A17E #7E22A1

tetradic

#A17E22 #22A13F #2245A1 #A12284

square

#A17E22 #22A13F #2245A1 #A12284

split-complementary

#A17E22 #2284A1 #3F22A1

monochromatic

#3C2F0D #6E5617 #A17E22 #D3A52D #DDBB60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#A17E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#A17E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17E22

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17E22	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)

#8E7D11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF726C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 126, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.113 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a365',
    500: '#a17e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17e22;
$custom-light: #c1a365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.465,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61092,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17E22

secondary

#5D79C2

accent

#6EE840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17E22

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

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