#AA5A21#AA5A21

#AA5A21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.125 H 51.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5A21
RGB	rgb(170, 90, 33)
HSL	hsl(25, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(25, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.94, 28.63, 45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.94, 53.57, 57.70°)
OKLab	oklab(55.32% 0.077 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(55.32% 0.125 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5102, 15.9706, 3.4411)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5A21 #2171AA

analogous

#AA212C #AA5A21 #AA9F21

triadic

#AA5A21 #21AA5A #5A21AA

tetradic

#AA5A21 #2CAA21 #2171AA #9F21AA

square

#AA5A21 #2CAA21 #2171AA #9F21AA

split-complementary

#AA5A21 #21AA9F #212CAA

monochromatic

#43240D #773F17 #AA5A21 #D77631 #E19864

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#AA5A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#AA5A21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5A21

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5A21	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB494F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 90, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.125 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8961',
    500: '#aa5a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5a21;
$custom-light: #ca8961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.964,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55319,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5A21

secondary

#619CC6

accent

#A2EA3D

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5A21

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

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