#AA7C23#AA7C23

#AA7C23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.115 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA7C23
RGB	rgb(170, 124, 35)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 79.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, 9.70, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 53.05, 79.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% 0.0216 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.115 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0903, 23.0846, 4.7768)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA7C23 #2351AA

analogous

#AA3923 #AA7C23 #94AA23

triadic

#AA7C23 #23AA7C #7C23AA

tetradic

#AA7C23 #23AA39 #2351AA #AA2394

square

#AA7C23 #23AA39 #2351AA #AA2394

split-complementary

#AA7C23 #2394AA #3923AA

monochromatic

#44320E #775719 #AA7C23 #D59F35 #E0B768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#AA7C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#AA7C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA7C23

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA7C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA7C23	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa7c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 124, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.115 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a165',
    500: '#aa7c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa7c23;
$custom-light: #c8a165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa7c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.556,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61701,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA7C23

secondary

#6385C6

accent

#79E93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA7C23

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

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