#A17E2B#A17E2B

#A17E2B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.107 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17E2B
RGB	rgb(161, 126, 43)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 73.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 4.85, 48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 48.40, 84.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% 0.0091 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.107 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5962, 22.6747, 5.4716)
Luminance	0.2267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17E2B #2B4EA1

analogous

#A1432B #A17E2B #89A12B

triadic

#A17E2B #2BA17E #7E2BA1

tetradic

#A17E2B #2BA143 #2B4EA1 #A12B89

square

#A17E2B #2BA143 #2B4EA1 #A12B89

split-complementary

#A17E2B #2B89A1 #432BA1

monochromatic

#403211 #71581E #A17E2B #CBA13E #D8B96E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#A17E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#A17E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17E2B

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17E2B	1.00	3.79	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96872F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF726D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 126, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.107 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a36a',
    500: '#a17e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17e2b;
$custom-light: #c1a36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.203,
    "s": 57.843,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6116,
    "c": 0.10748,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17E2B

secondary

#6982BF

accent

#75E147

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17E2B

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

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