#A17E35#A17E35

#A17E35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.100 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17E35
RGB	rgb(161, 126, 53)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 67.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 5.42, 43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 44.04, 82.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.012 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.1 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8027, 22.7573, 6.5591)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17E35 #3558A1

analogous

#A14835 #A17E35 #8EA135

triadic

#A17E35 #35A17E #7E35A1

tetradic

#A17E35 #35A148 #3558A1 #A1358E

square

#A17E35 #35A148 #3558A1 #A1358E

split-complementary

#A17E35 #358EA1 #4835A1

monochromatic

#453617 #735A26 #A17E35 #C59E4E #D4B87C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#A17E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#A17E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17E35

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17E35	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 126, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.100 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a370',
    500: '#a17e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17e35;
$custom-light: #c0a370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.556,
    "s": 50.467,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61255,
    "c": 0.1002,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17E35

secondary

#758CBD

accent

#7BDA4E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F3EC

border

#D1CDC7

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17E35

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

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