#AA6221#AA6221

#AA6221 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.120 H 57.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6221
RGB	rgb(170, 98, 33)
HSL	hsl(28, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(28, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 24.23, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 52.87, 62.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% 0.0639 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.12 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2216, 17.3935, 3.6782)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6221 #2169AA

analogous

#AA2125 #AA6221 #AAA721

triadic

#AA6221 #21AA62 #6221AA

tetradic

#AA6221 #25AA21 #2169AA #A721AA

square

#AA6221 #25AA21 #2169AA #A721AA

split-complementary

#AA6221 #21AAA7 #2125AA

monochromatic

#43270D #774417 #AA6221 #D78031 #E1A064

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#AA6221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#AA6221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA6221

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA6221	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 98, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.120 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98f61',
    500: '#aa6221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6221;
$custom-light: #c98f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.467,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56716,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6221

secondary

#6196C6

accent

#98EA3D

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6221

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

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