#A17E23#A17E23

#A17E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.112 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17E23
RGB	rgb(161, 126, 35)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 78.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, 4.48, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 51.54, 85.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% 0.007 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.112 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4636, 22.6217, 4.7731)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17E23 #2346A1

analogous

#A13F23 #A17E23 #85A123

triadic

#A17E23 #23A17E #7E23A1

tetradic

#A17E23 #23A13F #2346A1 #A12385

square

#A17E23 #23A13F #2346A1 #A12385

split-complementary

#A17E23 #2385A1 #3F23A1

monochromatic

#3C2F0D #6F5718 #A17E23 #D2A52F #DDBB62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#A17E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#A17E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17E23

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17E23	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)

#8E7D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF726C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 126, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.112 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a365',
    500: '#a17e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17e23;
$custom-light: #c1a365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61099,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17E23

secondary

#5E7AC2

accent

#6FE741

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17E23

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

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