#AA8536#AA8536

#AA8536 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.106 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8536
RGB	rgb(170, 133, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 5.60, 46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 46.89, 83.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.0121 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.106 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6324, 25.5892, 7.0785)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8536 #365BAA

analogous

#AA4B36 #AA8536 #95AA36

triadic

#AA8536 #36AA85 #8536AA

tetradic

#AA8536 #36AA4B #365BAA #AA3695

square

#AA8536 #36AA4B #365BAA #AA3695

split-complementary

#AA8536 #3695AA #4B36AA

monochromatic

#4D3C18 #7C6127 #AA8536 #C9A454 #D8BD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AA8536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#AA8536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8536

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8536	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 133, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.106 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a871',
    500: '#aa8536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8536;
$custom-light: #c7a871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.862,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63696,
    "c": 0.10609,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8536

secondary

#7B91C1

accent

#7ADB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8536

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

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