#AA8424#AA8424

#AA8424 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.117 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8424
RGB	rgb(170, 132, 36)
HSL	hsl(43, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 78.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, 5.27, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 53.97, 84.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.0089 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.117 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1489, 25.1777, 5.2039)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8424 #244AAA

analogous

#AA4124 #AA8424 #8DAA24

triadic

#AA8424 #24AA84 #8424AA

tetradic

#AA8424 #24AA41 #244AAA #AA248D

square

#AA8424 #24AA41 #244AAA #AA248D

split-complementary

#AA8424 #248DAA #4124AA

monochromatic

#45360F #775D19 #AA8424 #D5A837 #DFBE69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#AA8424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#AA8424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8424

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8424	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 132, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.117 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a767',
    500: '#aa8424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8424;
$custom-light: #c8a767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.985,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63341,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8424

secondary

#6580C5

accent

#6FE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8424

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

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