#AA8538#AA8538

#AA8538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.105 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8538
RGB	rgb(170, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, 5.72, 45.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 46.00, 82.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% 0.0127 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.105 83)
XYZ	xyz(25.6804, 25.6083, 7.3309)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8538 #385DAA

analogous

#AA4C38 #AA8538 #96AA38

triadic

#AA8538 #38AA85 #8538AA

tetradic

#AA8538 #38AA4C #385DAA #AA3896

square

#AA8538 #38AA4C #385DAA #AA3896

split-complementary

#AA8538 #3896AA #4C38AA

monochromatic

#4E3D1A #7C6129 #AA8538 #C8A357 #D7BD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AA8538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#AA8538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8538

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8538	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)

#95852F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.105 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a872',
    500: '#aa8538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8538;
$custom-light: #c7a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.526,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63716,
    "c": 0.10457,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.25607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8538

secondary

#7D93C1

accent

#7BDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8538

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

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