#AA8321#AA8321

#AA8321 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.119 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8321
RGB	rgb(170, 131, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, 5.71, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 54.83, 84.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% 0.0098 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.119 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9700, 24.8903, 4.9277)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8321 #2148AA

analogous

#AA3F21 #AA8321 #8CAA21

triadic

#AA8321 #21AA83 #8321AA

tetradic

#AA8321 #21AA3F #2148AA #AA218C

square

#AA8321 #21AA3F #2148AA #AA218C

split-complementary

#AA8321 #218CAA #3F21AA

monochromatic

#43340D #775C17 #AA8321 #D7A831 #E1BE64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#AA8321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#AA8321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8321

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8321	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94830C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 131, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.119 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a665',
    500: '#aa8321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8321;
$custom-light: #c8a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.92,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63116,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8321

secondary

#617EC6

accent

#6FEA3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8321

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

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