#AA8521#AA8521

#AA8521 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.119 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8521
RGB	rgb(170, 133, 33)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(44, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, 4.60, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 55.20, 85.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.0067 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.119 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2412, 25.4327, 5.0181)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8521 #2146AA

analogous

#AA4121 #AA8521 #8AAA21

triadic

#AA8521 #21AA85 #8521AA

tetradic

#AA8521 #21AA41 #2146AA #AA218A

square

#AA8521 #21AA41 #2146AA #AA218A

split-complementary

#AA8521 #218AAA #4121AA

monochromatic

#43350D #775D17 #AA8521 #D7AA31 #E1BF64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#AA8521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#AA8521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8521

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8521	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96840A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 133, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.119 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a865',
    500: '#aa8521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8521;
$custom-light: #c8a865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.796,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63529,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8521

secondary

#617CC6

accent

#6CEA3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8521

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

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