#AA8227#AA8227

#AA8227 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.115 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8227
RGB	rgb(170, 130, 39)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, 6.51, 52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 52.50, 82.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.0128 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.115 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9280, 24.6596, 5.3659)
Luminance	0.2466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8227 #274FAA

analogous

#AA4027 #AA8227 #90AA27

triadic

#AA8227 #27AA82 #8227AA

tetradic

#AA8227 #27AA40 #274FAA #AA2790

square

#AA8227 #27AA40 #274FAA #AA2790

split-complementary

#AA8227 #2790AA #4027AA

monochromatic

#463610 #785C1C #AA8227 #D2A43C #DEBB6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#AA8227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#AA8227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8227

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8227	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)

#938218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 130, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.115 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a668',
    500: '#aa8227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8227;
$custom-light: #c8a668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.679,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6295,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8227

secondary

#6985C4

accent

#74E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8227

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

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