#AA8438#AA8438

#AA8438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.104 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8438
RGB	rgb(170, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 6.28, 45.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 45.79, 82.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.0143 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.104 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5441, 25.3358, 7.2855)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8438 #385EAA

analogous

#AA4B38 #AA8438 #97AA38

triadic

#AA8438 #38AA84 #8438AA

tetradic

#AA8438 #38AA4B #385EAA #AA3897

square

#AA8438 #38AA4B #385EAA #AA3897

split-complementary

#AA8438 #3897AA #4B38AA

monochromatic

#4E3D1A #7C6029 #AA8438 #C8A257 #D7BC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#AA8438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#AA8438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8438

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8438	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94842F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.104 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a772',
    500: '#aa8438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8438;
$custom-light: #c7a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6351,
    "c": 0.10418,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8438

secondary

#7D94C1

accent

#7DDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8438

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

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