#AA8043#AA8043

#AA8043 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.094 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8043
RGB	rgb(170, 128, 67)
HSL	hsl(36, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 60.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, 9.28, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 39.96, 76.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.0246 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.094 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3113, 24.3914, 8.6840)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8043 #436DAA

analogous

#AA4D43 #AA8043 #A1AA43

triadic

#AA8043 #43AA80 #8043AA

tetradic

#AA8043 #43AA4D #436DAA #AA43A1

square

#AA8043 #43AA4D #436DAA #AA43A1

split-complementary

#AA8043 #43A1AA #4D43AA

monochromatic

#523E20 #7E5F32 #AA8043 #C39E67 #D4BA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#AA8043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#AA8043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8043

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8043	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90813D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 128, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.094 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a479',
    500: '#aa8043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8043;
$custom-light: #c6a479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.534,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62824,
    "c": 0.0941,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8043

secondary

#899FC0

accent

#88D355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8043

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

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