#AA5E21#AA5E21

#AA5E21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.122 H 54.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5E21
RGB	rgb(170, 94, 33)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(27, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, 26.44, 46.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 53.16, 60.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.01% 0.0705 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(56.01% 0.122 54.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8567, 16.6636, 3.5566)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5E21 #216DAA

analogous

#AA2129 #AA5E21 #AAA221

triadic

#AA5E21 #21AA5E #5E21AA

tetradic

#AA5E21 #29AA21 #216DAA #A221AA

square

#AA5E21 #29AA21 #216DAA #A221AA

split-complementary

#AA5E21 #21AAA2 #2129AA

monochromatic

#43250D #774217 #AA5E21 #D77B31 #E19C64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#AA5E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#AA5E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5E21

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5E21	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 94, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.122 54.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8c61',
    500: '#aa5e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5e21;
$custom-light: #ca8c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.715,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56008,
    "c": 0.12228,
    "h": 54.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5E21

secondary

#6199C6

accent

#9DEA3D

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5E21

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

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