#AA7838#AA7838

#AA7838 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.102 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA7838
RGB	rgb(170, 120, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, 13.02, 41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 43.95, 72.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% 0.034 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.102 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0094, 22.2664, 6.7739)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA7838 #386AAA

analogous

#AA3F38 #AA7838 #A3AA38

triadic

#AA7838 #38AA78 #7838AA

tetradic

#AA7838 #38AA3F #386AAA #AA38A3

square

#AA7838 #38AA3F #386AAA #AA38A3

split-complementary

#AA7838 #38A3AA #3F38AA

monochromatic

#4E371A #7C5829 #AA7838 #C89757 #D7B385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#AA7838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#AA7838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA7838

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA7838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA7838	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa7838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 120, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.102 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79f71',
    500: '#aa7838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa7838;
$custom-light: #c79f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa7838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.684,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6109,
    "c": 0.10183,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA7838

secondary

#7D9BC1

accent

#8BDA4E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EC

border

#D2CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA7838

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

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