#AA7937#AA7937

#AA7937 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.103 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA7937
RGB	rgb(170, 121, 55)
HSL	hsl(34, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, 12.39, 42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 44.49, 73.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.0321 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.103 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1061, 22.4985, 6.6867)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA7937 #3768AA

analogous

#AA4037 #AA7937 #A2AA37

triadic

#AA7937 #37AA79 #7937AA

tetradic

#AA7937 #37AA40 #3768AA #AA37A2

square

#AA7937 #37AA40 #3768AA #AA37A2

split-complementary

#AA7937 #37A2AA #4037AA

monochromatic

#4E3719 #7C5828 #AA7937 #C89856 #D7B484

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#AA7937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#AA7937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA7937

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA7937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA7937	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa7937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 121, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.103 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79f71',
    500: '#aa7937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa7937;
$custom-light: #c79f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa7937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.435,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61277,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA7937

secondary

#7C99C1

accent

#89DB4D

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EC

border

#D2CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA7937

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

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