#AA8235#AA8235

#AA8235 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.106 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8235
RGB	rgb(170, 130, 53)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 68.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, 7.22, 46.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 46.73, 81.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% 0.0166 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.106 81)
XYZ	xyz(25.2043, 24.7701, 6.8211)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8235 #355DAA

analogous

#AA4735 #AA8235 #97AA35

triadic

#AA8235 #35AA82 #8235AA

tetradic

#AA8235 #35AA47 #355DAA #AA3597

square

#AA8235 #35AA47 #355DAA #AA3597

split-complementary

#AA8235 #3597AA #4735AA

monochromatic

#4D3B18 #7B5E26 #AA8235 #C9A153 #D8BA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#AA8235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#AA8235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8235

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8235	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)

#92822C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 130, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.106 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a670',
    500: '#aa8235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8235;
$custom-light: #c7a670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.487,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63069,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.24768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8235

secondary

#7A92C1

accent

#7DDC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8235

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

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