#AA851B#AA851B

#AA851B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.122 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA851B
RGB	rgb(170, 133, 27)
HSL	hsl(44, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(44, 84%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 84.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, 4.40, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 57.10, 85.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.0055 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.122 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1646, 25.4020, 4.6144)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA851B #1B40AA

analogous

#AA3E1B #AA851B #87AA1B

triadic

#AA851B #1BAA85 #851BAA

tetradic

#AA851B #1BAA3E #1B40AA #AA1B87

square

#AA851B #1BAA3E #1B40AA #AA1B87

split-complementary

#AA851B #1B87AA #3E1BAA

monochromatic

#40320A #755C13 #AA851B #DCAD26 #E5C15B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#AA851B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#AA851B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA851B

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA851B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA851B	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa851b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 133, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.122 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a863',
    500: '#aa851b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa851b;
$custom-light: #c8a863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa851b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.476,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63497,
    "c": 0.12211,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA851B

secondary

#5875C9

accent

#68EF39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA851B

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

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