#AA8541#AA8541

#AA8541 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.097 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8541
RGB	rgb(170, 133, 65)
HSL	hsl(39, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 61.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, 6.33, 41.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 41.85, 81.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.0157 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.097 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9206, 25.7044, 8.5962)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8541 #4166AA

analogous

#AA5041 #AA8541 #9AAA41

triadic

#AA8541 #41AA85 #8541AA

tetradic

#AA8541 #41AA50 #4166AA #AA419A

square

#AA8541 #41AA50 #4166AA #AA419A

split-complementary

#AA8541 #419AAA #5041AA

monochromatic

#51401F #7E6230 #AA8541 #C4A264 #D5BD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#AA8541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#AA8541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8541

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8541	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)

#94853A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 133, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.097 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a878',
    500: '#aa8541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8541;
$custom-light: #c6a878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.857,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63818,
    "c": 0.09724,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8541

secondary

#879BC0

accent

#81D453

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8541

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

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