#A47521#A47521

#A47521 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.112 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A47521
RGB	rgb(164, 117, 33)
HSL	hsl(38, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 10.85, 50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 51.50, 77.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.025 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.112 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9472, 20.7267, 4.2833)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A47521 #2150A4

analogous

#A43321 #A47521 #91A421

triadic

#A47521 #21A475 #7521A4

tetradic

#A47521 #21A433 #2150A4 #A42191

square

#A47521 #21A433 #2150A4 #A42191

split-complementary

#A47521 #2191A4 #3321A4

monochromatic

#3E2C0C #715117 #A47521 #D5992D #DFB260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#A47521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#A47521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A47521

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A47521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A47521	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877712

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a47521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 117, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.112 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c49c63',
    500: '#a47521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a47521;
$custom-light: #c49c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a47521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.473,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59578,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A47521

secondary

#5D82C4

accent

#7CE93E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A47521

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

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