#AA7E28#AA7E28

#AA7E28 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.113 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA7E28
RGB	rgb(170, 126, 40)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(40, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 76.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, 8.79, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 51.46, 80.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.0195 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.113 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4231, 23.6228, 5.2804)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA7E28 #2854AA

analogous

#AA3D28 #AA7E28 #95AA28

triadic

#AA7E28 #28AA7E #7E28AA

tetradic

#AA7E28 #28AA3D #2854AA #AA2895

square

#AA7E28 #28AA3D #2854AA #AA2895

split-complementary

#AA7E28 #2895AA #3D28AA

monochromatic

#473511 #78591C #AA7E28 #D29F3E #DDB86F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#AA7E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#AA7E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA7E28

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA7E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA7E28	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)

#8F7F1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa7e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 126, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.113 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a368',
    500: '#aa7e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa7e28;
$custom-light: #c8a368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa7e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.692,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62141,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA7E28

secondary

#6A88C4

accent

#7AE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F3EB

border

#D2CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA7E28

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

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