#AA7E23#AA7E23

#AA7E23 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.116 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA7E23
RGB	rgb(170, 126, 35)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 79.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 8.58, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 53.32, 80.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.0183 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.116 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3435, 23.5910, 4.8612)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA7E23 #234FAA

analogous

#AA3A23 #AA7E23 #93AA23

triadic

#AA7E23 #23AA7E #7E23AA

tetradic

#AA7E23 #23AA3A #234FAA #AA2393

square

#AA7E23 #23AA3A #234FAA #AA2393

split-complementary

#AA7E23 #2393AA #3A23AA

monochromatic

#44330E #775819 #AA7E23 #D5A135 #E0B968

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#AA7E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#AA7E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA7E23

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA7E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA7E23	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)

#907F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa7e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 126, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.116 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a365',
    500: '#aa7e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa7e23;
$custom-light: #c8a365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa7e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.444,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62105,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA7E23

secondary

#6383C6

accent

#76E93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA7E23

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

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