#AA8342#AA8342

#AA8342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.096 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8342
RGB	rgb(170, 131, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, 7.52, 40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 40.97, 79.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.0193 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.096 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6786, 25.1737, 8.6597)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8342 #4269AA

analogous

#AA4F42 #AA8342 #9DAA42

triadic

#AA8342 #42AA83 #8342AA

tetradic

#AA8342 #42AA4F #4269AA #AA429D

square

#AA8342 #42AA4F #4269AA #AA429D

split-complementary

#AA8342 #429DAA #4F42AA

monochromatic

#523F20 #7E6131 #AA8342 #C3A066 #D5BC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#AA8342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#AA8342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8342

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8342	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92843C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 131, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.096 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a678',
    500: '#aa8342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8342;
$custom-light: #c6a678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63421,
    "c": 0.09571,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8342

secondary

#889DC0

accent

#84D454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8342

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

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