#AA7938#AA7938

#AA7938 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.102 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA7938
RGB	rgb(170, 121, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, 12.45, 42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 44.05, 73.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% 0.0324 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.102 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1303, 22.5082, 6.8142)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA7938 #3869AA

analogous

#AA4038 #AA7938 #A2AA38

triadic

#AA7938 #38AA79 #7938AA

tetradic

#AA7938 #38AA40 #3869AA #AA38A2

square

#AA7938 #38AA40 #3869AA #AA38A2

split-complementary

#AA7938 #38A2AA #4038AA

monochromatic

#4E371A #7C5829 #AA7938 #C89757 #D7B485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#AA7938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#AA7938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA7938

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA7938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA7938	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96873A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa7938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 121, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.102 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79f71',
    500: '#aa7938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa7938;
$custom-light: #c79f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa7938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.211,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61288,
    "c": 0.10186,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA7938

secondary

#7D9AC1

accent

#8ADA4E

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA7938

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

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