#AA721B#AA721B

#AA721B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.118 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA721B
RGB	rgb(170, 114, 27)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(37, 84%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 84.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, 15.05, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 54.85, 74.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.0362 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.118 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7945, 20.6619, 3.8244)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA721B #1B53AA

analogous

#AA2A1B #AA721B #9AAA1B

triadic

#AA721B #1BAA72 #721BAA

tetradic

#AA721B #1BAA2A #1B53AA #AA1B9A

square

#AA721B #1BAA2A #1B53AA #AA1B9A

split-complementary

#AA721B #1B9AAA #2A1BAA

monochromatic

#402B0A #754F13 #AA721B #DC9526 #E5AF5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#AA721B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#AA721B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA721B

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA721B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA721B	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857506

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93831E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6462

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa721b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 114, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.118 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99a60',
    500: '#aa721b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa721b;
$custom-light: #c99a60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa721b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.503,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5967,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA721B

secondary

#5884C9

accent

#80EF39

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FAF2EA

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA721B

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

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