#AA8421#AA8421

#AA8421 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.119 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8421
RGB	rgb(170, 132, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, 5.16, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 55.01, 84.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.0082 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.119 86)
XYZ	xyz(25.1050, 25.1602, 4.9727)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8421 #2147AA

analogous

#AA4021 #AA8421 #8BAA21

triadic

#AA8421 #21AA84 #8421AA

tetradic

#AA8421 #21AA40 #2147AA #AA218B

square

#AA8421 #21AA40 #2147AA #AA218B

split-complementary

#AA8421 #218BAA #4021AA

monochromatic

#43340D #775C17 #AA8421 #D7A931 #E1BE64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#AA8421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#AA8421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8421

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8421	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95840B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 132, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.119 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a765',
    500: '#aa8421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8421;
$custom-light: #c8a765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.358,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63322,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.25158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8421

secondary

#617DC6

accent

#6DEA3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8421

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

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