#AA7B21#AA7B21

#AA7B21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.116 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA7B21
RGB	rgb(170, 123, 33)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(39, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 10.19, 52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 53.63, 79.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% 0.0227 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.116 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9367, 22.8237, 4.5833)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA7B21 #2150AA

analogous

#AA3621 #AA7B21 #95AA21

triadic

#AA7B21 #21AA7B #7B21AA

tetradic

#AA7B21 #21AA36 #2150AA #AA2195

square

#AA7B21 #21AA36 #2150AA #AA2195

split-complementary

#AA7B21 #2195AA #3621AA

monochromatic

#43310D #775617 #AA7B21 #D79E31 #E1B664

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#AA7B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#AA7B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA7B21

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA7B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA7B21	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7C0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa7b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 123, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.116 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a164',
    500: '#aa7b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa7b21;
$custom-light: #c8a164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa7b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.416,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61486,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA7B21

secondary

#6183C6

accent

#79EA3D

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA7B21

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

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