#AA8228#AA8228

#AA8228 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.114 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8228
RGB	rgb(170, 130, 40)
HSL	hsl(42, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 76.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.75, 6.55, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.75, 52.12, 82.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% 0.013 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.114 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9448, 24.6663, 5.4543)
Luminance	0.2467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8228 #2850AA

analogous

#AA4128 #AA8228 #91AA28

triadic

#AA8228 #28AA82 #8228AA

tetradic

#AA8228 #28AA41 #2850AA #AA2891

square

#AA8228 #28AA41 #2850AA #AA2891

split-complementary

#AA8228 #2891AA #4128AA

monochromatic

#473611 #785C1C #AA8228 #D2A43E #DDBB6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#AA8228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#AA8228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8228

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8228	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)

#938219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 130, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.114 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a669',
    500: '#aa8228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8228;
$custom-light: #c8a669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62957,
    "c": 0.11435,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8228

secondary

#6A86C4

accent

#75E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8228

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

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