#AA8436#AA8436

#AA8436 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.106 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8436
RGB	rgb(170, 132, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, 6.16, 46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 46.68, 82.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.0137 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.106 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4962, 25.3167, 7.0330)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8436 #365CAA

analogous

#AA4A36 #AA8436 #96AA36

triadic

#AA8436 #36AA84 #8436AA

tetradic

#AA8436 #36AA4A #365CAA #AA3696

square

#AA8436 #36AA4A #365CAA #AA3696

split-complementary

#AA8436 #3696AA #4A36AA

monochromatic

#4D3C18 #7C6027 #AA8436 #C9A354 #D8BC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#AA8436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#AA8436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8436

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8436	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94842D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 132, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.106 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a771',
    500: '#aa8436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8436;
$custom-light: #c7a771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.345,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6349,
    "c": 0.1057,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8436

secondary

#7B92C1

accent

#7BDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8436

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

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