#AA8540#AA8540

#AA8540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.098 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8540
RGB	rgb(170, 133, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, 6.26, 41.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 42.32, 81.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.0153 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.098 81)
XYZ	xyz(25.8919, 25.6930, 8.4450)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8540 #4065AA

analogous

#AA5040 #AA8540 #9AAA40

triadic

#AA8540 #40AA85 #8540AA

tetradic

#AA8540 #40AA50 #4065AA #AA409A

square

#AA8540 #40AA50 #4065AA #AA409A

split-complementary

#AA8540 #409AAA #5040AA

monochromatic

#513F1F #7E622F #AA8540 #C4A263 #D5BD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#AA8540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#AA8540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8540

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8540	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 133, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.098 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a877',
    500: '#aa8540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8540;
$custom-light: #c6a877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.057,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63806,
    "c": 0.09809,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.25691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8540

secondary

#869AC0

accent

#80D553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8540

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

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