#AA8038#AA8038

#AA8038 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.103 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8038
RGB	rgb(170, 128, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, 8.52, 44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 45.04, 79.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.0208 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.103 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0120, 24.2717, 7.1082)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8038 #3862AA

analogous

#AA4738 #AA8038 #9BAA38

triadic

#AA8038 #38AA80 #8038AA

tetradic

#AA8038 #38AA47 #3862AA #AA389B

square

#AA8038 #38AA47 #3862AA #AA389B

split-complementary

#AA8038 #389BAA #4738AA

monochromatic

#4E3B1A #7C5D29 #AA8038 #C89E57 #D7B985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#AA8038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#AA8038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8038

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8038	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)

#908130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 128, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.103 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a472',
    500: '#aa8038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8038;
$custom-light: #c7a472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62693,
    "c": 0.10291,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8038

secondary

#7D96C1

accent

#81DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8038

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

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