#AA7E22#AA7E22

#AA7E22 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.116 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA7E22
RGB	rgb(170, 126, 34)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(41, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 80%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, 8.54, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 53.68, 80.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% 0.0181 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.116 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3288, 23.5851, 4.7841)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA7E22 #224EAA

analogous

#AA3A22 #AA7E22 #92AA22

triadic

#AA7E22 #22AA7E #7E22AA

tetradic

#AA7E22 #22AA3A #224EAA #AA2292

square

#AA7E22 #22AA3A #224EAA #AA2292

split-complementary

#AA7E22 #2292AA #3A22AA

monochromatic

#44320E #775818 #AA7E22 #D6A133 #E0B966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#AA7E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#AA7E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA7E22

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA7E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA7E22	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa7e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 126, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.116 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a365',
    500: '#aa7e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa7e22;
$custom-light: #c8a365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa7e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62099,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA7E22

secondary

#6282C6

accent

#76EA3E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA7E22

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

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