#AA7F40#AA7F40

#AA7F40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.096 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA7F40
RGB	rgb(170, 127, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, 9.62, 40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 41.21, 76.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.0252 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.096 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0938, 24.0967, 8.1790)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA7F40 #406BAA

analogous

#AA4A40 #AA7F40 #A0AA40

triadic

#AA7F40 #40AA7F #7F40AA

tetradic

#AA7F40 #40AA4A #406BAA #AA40A0

square

#AA7F40 #40AA4A #406BAA #AA40A0

split-complementary

#AA7F40 #40A0AA #4A40AA

monochromatic

#513D1F #7E5E2F #AA7F40 #C49D63 #D5B98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#AA7F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#AA7F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA7F40

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA7F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA7F40	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F813A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa7f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 127, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.096 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a477',
    500: '#aa7f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa7f40;
$custom-light: #c7a477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa7f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.66,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62583,
    "c": 0.09639,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA7F40

secondary

#869DC0

accent

#88D553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F3ED

border

#D2CDC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA7F40

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

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