#AA8221#AA8221

#AA8221 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.118 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8221
RGB	rgb(170, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, 6.27, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 54.66, 83.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.0114 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.118 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8363, 24.6229, 4.8831)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8221 #2149AA

analogous

#AA3E21 #AA8221 #8DAA21

triadic

#AA8221 #21AA82 #8221AA

tetradic

#AA8221 #21AA3E #2149AA #AA218D

square

#AA8221 #21AA3E #2149AA #AA218D

split-complementary

#AA8221 #218DAA #3E21AA

monochromatic

#43340D #775B17 #AA8221 #D7A731 #E1BD64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#AA8221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#AA8221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8221

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8221	1.00	3.54	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.54	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)

#93820C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.118 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a665',
    500: '#aa8221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8221;
$custom-light: #c8a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.482,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6291,
    "c": 0.11818,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8221

secondary

#617EC6

accent

#70EA3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8221

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

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