#AA8021#AA8021

#AA8021 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.118 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8021
RGB	rgb(170, 128, 33)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, 7.39, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 54.33, 82.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% 0.0147 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.118 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5729, 24.0961, 4.7953)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8021 #214BAA

analogous

#AA3C21 #AA8021 #90AA21

triadic

#AA8021 #21AA80 #8021AA

tetradic

#AA8021 #21AA3C #214BAA #AA2190

square

#AA8021 #21AA3C #214BAA #AA2190

split-complementary

#AA8021 #2190AA #3C21AA

monochromatic

#43330D #775917 #AA8021 #D7A431 #E1BB64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#AA8021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#AA8021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8021

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8021	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)

#92800D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 128, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.118 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a465',
    500: '#aa8021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8021;
$custom-light: #c8a465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.606,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.625,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8021

secondary

#6180C6

accent

#72EA3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8021

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

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