#AA8142#AA8142

#AA8142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.095 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8142
RGB	rgb(170, 129, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, 8.64, 39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 40.60, 77.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.0226 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.095 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4126, 24.6417, 8.5710)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8142 #426BAA

analogous

#AA4D42 #AA8142 #9FAA42

triadic

#AA8142 #42AA81 #8142AA

tetradic

#AA8142 #42AA4D #426BAA #AA429F

square

#AA8142 #42AA4D #426BAA #AA429F

split-complementary

#AA8142 #429FAA #4D42AA

monochromatic

#523E20 #7E6031 #AA8142 #C39F66 #D5BA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#AA8142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#AA8142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8142

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8142	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91823C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 129, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.095 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a578',
    500: '#aa8142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8142;
$custom-light: #c6a578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.346,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63013,
    "c": 0.09516,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8142

secondary

#889EC0

accent

#86D454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8142

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

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