#AA8437#AA8437

#AA8437 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.105 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8437
RGB	rgb(170, 132, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.39, 6.22, 45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.39, 46.24, 82.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.014 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.105 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5199, 25.3261, 7.1580)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8437 #375DAA

analogous

#AA4B37 #AA8437 #97AA37

triadic

#AA8437 #37AA84 #8437AA

tetradic

#AA8437 #37AA4B #375DAA #AA3797

square

#AA8437 #37AA4B #375DAA #AA3797

split-complementary

#AA8437 #3797AA #4B37AA

monochromatic

#4E3C19 #7C6028 #AA8437 #C8A256 #D7BC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#AA8437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#AA8437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8437

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8437	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)

#94842E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 132, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.105 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a771',
    500: '#aa8437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8437;
$custom-light: #c7a771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.174,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.635,
    "c": 0.10495,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8437

secondary

#7C93C1

accent

#7CDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8437

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

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