#AA8537#AA8537

#AA8537 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.105 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8537
RGB	rgb(170, 133, 55)
HSL	hsl(41, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 5.66, 46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 46.45, 83.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% 0.0124 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.105 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6561, 25.5987, 7.2034)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8537 #375CAA

analogous

#AA4C37 #AA8537 #96AA37

triadic

#AA8537 #37AA85 #8537AA

tetradic

#AA8537 #37AA4C #375CAA #AA3796

square

#AA8537 #37AA4C #375CAA #AA3796

split-complementary

#AA8537 #3796AA #4C37AA

monochromatic

#4E3D19 #7C6128 #AA8537 #C8A356 #D7BD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AA8537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#AA8537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8537

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8537	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)

#95852E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 133, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.105 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a871',
    500: '#aa8537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8537;
$custom-light: #c7a871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.696,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63706,
    "c": 0.10534,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8537

secondary

#7C92C1

accent

#7BDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8537

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

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