#AA8224#AA8224

#AA8224 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.117 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8224
RGB	rgb(170, 130, 36)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 78.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, 6.38, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 53.60, 83.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.0121 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.117 84)
XYZ	xyz(24.8803, 24.6405, 5.1144)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8224 #244CAA

analogous

#AA3F24 #AA8224 #8FAA24

triadic

#AA8224 #24AA82 #8224AA

tetradic

#AA8224 #24AA3F #244CAA #AA248F

square

#AA8224 #24AA3F #244CAA #AA248F

split-complementary

#AA8224 #248FAA #3F24AA

monochromatic

#45350F #775B19 #AA8224 #D5A537 #DFBC69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#AA8224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#AA8224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8224

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8224	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)

#938212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 130, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.117 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a666',
    500: '#aa8224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8224;
$custom-light: #c8a666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.09,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62929,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.24639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8224

secondary

#6581C5

accent

#72E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8224

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

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