#AA8037#AA8037

#AA8037 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.104 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8037
RGB	rgb(170, 128, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 8.46, 44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 45.49, 79.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% 0.0205 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.104 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9878, 24.2620, 6.9806)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8037 #3761AA

analogous

#AA4737 #AA8037 #9BAA37

triadic

#AA8037 #37AA80 #8037AA

tetradic

#AA8037 #37AA47 #3761AA #AA379B

square

#AA8037 #37AA47 #3761AA #AA379B

split-complementary

#AA8037 #379BAA #4737AA

monochromatic

#4E3A19 #7C5D28 #AA8037 #C89F56 #D7B984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#AA8037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#AA8037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8037

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8037	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90812F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 128, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.104 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a471',
    500: '#aa8037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8037;
$custom-light: #c7a471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.087,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62682,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8037

secondary

#7C95C1

accent

#81DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8037

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

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