#AA8243#AA8243

#AA8243 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.095 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8243
RGB	rgb(170, 130, 67)
HSL	hsl(37, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 60.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, 8.16, 39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 40.31, 78.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% 0.0213 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.095 77)
XYZ	xyz(25.5747, 24.9183, 8.7718)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8243 #436BAA

analogous

#AA4F43 #AA8243 #9FAA43

triadic

#AA8243 #43AA82 #8243AA

tetradic

#AA8243 #43AA4F #436BAA #AA439F

square

#AA8243 #43AA4F #436BAA #AA439F

split-complementary

#AA8243 #439FAA #4F43AA

monochromatic

#523F20 #7E6032 #AA8243 #C39F67 #D4BB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#AA8243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#AA8243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8243

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8243	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91833D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 130, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.095 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a679',
    500: '#aa8243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8243;
$custom-light: #c6a679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.699,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6323,
    "c": 0.09457,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.24917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8243

secondary

#899EC0

accent

#86D355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8243

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

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