#AA8236#AA8236

#AA8236 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.105 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8236
RGB	rgb(170, 130, 54)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, 7.28, 45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 46.29, 80.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.0169 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.105 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2276, 24.7794, 6.9435)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8236 #365EAA

analogous

#AA4836 #AA8236 #98AA36

triadic

#AA8236 #36AA82 #8236AA

tetradic

#AA8236 #36AA48 #365EAA #AA3698

square

#AA8236 #36AA48 #365EAA #AA3698

split-complementary

#AA8236 #3698AA #4836AA

monochromatic

#4D3B18 #7C5E27 #AA8236 #C9A154 #D8BA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#AA8236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#AA8236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8236

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8236	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92832D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 130, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.105 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a671',
    500: '#aa8236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8236;
$custom-light: #c7a671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.31,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63079,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8236

secondary

#7B93C1

accent

#7EDB4D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8236

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

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