#AA821B#AA821B

#AA821B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.121 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA821B
RGB	rgb(170, 130, 27)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(43, 84%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 84.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 6.07, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 56.59, 83.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.0103 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.121 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7597, 24.5923, 4.4794)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA821B #1B43AA

analogous

#AA3A1B #AA821B #8AAA1B

triadic

#AA821B #1BAA82 #821BAA

tetradic

#AA821B #1BAA3A #1B43AA #AA1B8A

square

#AA821B #1BAA3A #1B43AA #AA1B8A

split-complementary

#AA821B #1B8AAA #3A1BAA

monochromatic

#40310A #755A13 #AA821B #DCA926 #E5BE5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#AA821B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#AA821B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA821B

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA821B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA821B	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9756F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa821b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 130, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.121 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a662',
    500: '#aa821b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa821b;
$custom-light: #c8a662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa821b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.217,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62876,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA821B

secondary

#5878C9

accent

#6CEF39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA821B

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

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