#AA7521#AA7521

#AA7521 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.116 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA7521
RGB	rgb(170, 117, 33)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(37, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, 13.57, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 53.02, 75.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.0325 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.116 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2151, 21.3805, 4.3427)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA7521 #2156AA

analogous

#AA3021 #AA7521 #9BAA21

triadic

#AA7521 #21AA75 #7521AA

tetradic

#AA7521 #21AA30 #2156AA #AA219B

square

#AA7521 #21AA30 #2156AA #AA219B

split-complementary

#AA7521 #219BAA #3021AA

monochromatic

#432E0D #775217 #AA7521 #D79731 #E1B164

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#AA7521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#AA7521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA7521

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA7521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA7521	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa7521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 117, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.116 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89c63',
    500: '#aa7521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa7521;
$custom-light: #c89c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa7521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.788,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60293,
    "c": 0.11572,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA7521

secondary

#6188C6

accent

#80EA3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA7521

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

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