#AA7E38#AA7E38

#AA7E38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.102 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA7E38
RGB	rgb(170, 126, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 9.64, 43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 44.71, 77.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.0241 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.102 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7537, 23.7551, 7.0221)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA7E38 #3864AA

analogous

#AA4538 #AA7E38 #9DAA38

triadic

#AA7E38 #38AA7E #7E38AA

tetradic

#AA7E38 #38AA45 #3864AA #AA389D

square

#AA7E38 #38AA45 #3864AA #AA389D

split-complementary

#AA7E38 #389DAA #4538AA

monochromatic

#4E3A1A #7C5C29 #AA7E38 #C89C57 #D7B785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#AA7E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#AA7E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA7E38

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA7E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA7E38	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa7e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 126, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.102 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a372',
    500: '#aa7e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa7e38;
$custom-light: #c7a372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa7e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.842,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62288,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA7E38

secondary

#7D97C1

accent

#84DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F3ED

border

#D2CDC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA7E38

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

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