#AA8427#AA8427

#AA8427 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.116 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8427
RGB	rgb(170, 132, 39)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, 5.39, 52.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 52.87, 84.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.0096 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.116 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1966, 25.1968, 5.4554)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8427 #274DAA

analogous

#AA4227 #AA8427 #8EAA27

triadic

#AA8427 #27AA84 #8427AA

tetradic

#AA8427 #27AA42 #274DAA #AA278E

square

#AA8427 #27AA42 #274DAA #AA278E

split-complementary

#AA8427 #278EAA #4227AA

monochromatic

#463710 #785D1C #AA8427 #D2A73C #DEBD6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#AA8427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#AA8427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8427

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8427	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)

#958417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 132, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.116 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a768',
    500: '#aa8427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8427;
$custom-light: #c8a768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.595,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63361,
    "c": 0.11569,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8427

secondary

#6983C4

accent

#72E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8427

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

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