#A17F17#A17F17

#A17F17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.119 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17F17
RGB	rgb(161, 127, 23)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(45, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 3.50, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 55.66, 86.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% 0.0031 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.119 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4434, 22.8192, 4.0329)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17F17 #1739A1

analogous

#A13A17 #A17F17 #7EA117

triadic

#A17F17 #17A17F #7F17A1

tetradic

#A17F17 #17A13A #1739A1 #A1177E

square

#A17F17 #17A13A #1739A1 #A1177E

split-complementary

#A17F17 #177EA1 #3A17A1

monochromatic

#362B08 #6B550F #A17F17 #D7A91F #E6C04D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#A17F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#A17F17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17F17

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17F17	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97871E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF736C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 127, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.119 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a360',
    500: '#a17f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17f17;
$custom-light: #c2a360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61241,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17F17

secondary

#4C6BC7

accent

#64F236

background

#FCFAF5

surface

#F8F3EA

border

#D1CDC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17F17

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

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