#AA8231#AA8231

#AA8231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.109 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8231
RGB	rgb(170, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 71.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, 6.99, 47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 48.47, 81.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% 0.0154 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.109 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1161, 24.7348, 6.3566)
Luminance	0.2473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8231 #3159AA

analogous

#AA4531 #AA8231 #95AA31

triadic

#AA8231 #31AA82 #8231AA

tetradic

#AA8231 #31AA45 #3159AA #AA3195

square

#AA8231 #31AA45 #3159AA #AA3195

split-complementary

#AA8231 #3195AA #4531AA

monochromatic

#4B3916 #7A5E23 #AA8231 #CCA24D #D9BA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#AA8231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#AA8231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8231

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8231	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.109 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a66e',
    500: '#aa8231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8231;
$custom-light: #c7a66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.165,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63031,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8231

secondary

#758EC2

accent

#7BDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8231

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

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