#AA8440#AA8440

#AA8440 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.098 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8440
RGB	rgb(170, 132, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, 6.82, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 42.11, 80.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.017 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.098 80)
XYZ	xyz(25.7556, 25.4204, 8.3996)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8440 #4066AA

analogous

#AA4F40 #AA8440 #9BAA40

triadic

#AA8440 #40AA84 #8440AA

tetradic

#AA8440 #40AA4F #4066AA #AA409B

square

#AA8440 #40AA4F #4066AA #AA409B

split-complementary

#AA8440 #409BAA #4F40AA

monochromatic

#513F1F #7E612F #AA8440 #C4A163 #D5BC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#AA8440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#AA8440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8440

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8440	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 132, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.098 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a777',
    500: '#aa8440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8440;
$custom-light: #c6a777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.491,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.636,
    "c": 0.09772,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.25419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8440

secondary

#869BC0

accent

#81D553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8440

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

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