#AA6521#AA6521

#AA6521 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.119 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6521
RGB	rgb(170, 101, 33)
HSL	hsl(30, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(30, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.45, 22.56, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.45, 52.72, 64.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.0589 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.119 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5076, 17.9655, 3.7736)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6521 #2166AA

analogous

#AA2121 #AA6521 #AAAA21

triadic

#AA6521 #21AA65 #6521AA

tetradic

#AA6521 #21AA21 #2166AA #AA21AA

square

#AA6521 #21AA21 #2166AA #AA21AA

split-complementary

#AA6521 #21AAAA #2121AA

monochromatic

#43280D #774717 #AA6521 #D78331 #E1A264

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#AA6521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#AA6521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA6521

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA6521	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 101, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.119 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99162',
    500: '#aa6521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6521;
$custom-light: #c99162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.781,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57258,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6521

secondary

#6194C6

accent

#95EA3D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6521

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

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