#AA8531#AA8531

#AA8531 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.110 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8531
RGB	rgb(170, 133, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 71.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, 5.32, 48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 49.06, 83.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.0106 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.11 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5210, 25.5446, 6.4915)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8531 #3156AA

analogous

#AA4931 #AA8531 #92AA31

triadic

#AA8531 #31AA85 #8531AA

tetradic

#AA8531 #31AA49 #3156AA #AA3192

square

#AA8531 #31AA49 #3156AA #AA3192

split-complementary

#AA8531 #3192AA #4931AA

monochromatic

#4B3B16 #7A6023 #AA8531 #CCA54D #D9BD7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#AA8531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#AA8531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8531

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8531	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 133, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.110 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a86e',
    500: '#aa8531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8531;
$custom-light: #c7a86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.653,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63648,
    "c": 0.10971,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8531

secondary

#758CC2

accent

#77DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8531

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

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