#AA8542#AA8542

#AA8542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.096 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8542
RGB	rgb(170, 133, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, 6.41, 40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 41.38, 81.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% 0.016 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.096 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9498, 25.7161, 8.7501)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8542 #4267AA

analogous

#AA5142 #AA8542 #9BAA42

triadic

#AA8542 #42AA85 #8542AA

tetradic

#AA8542 #42AA51 #4267AA #AA429B

square

#AA8542 #42AA51 #4267AA #AA429B

split-complementary

#AA8542 #429BAA #5142AA

monochromatic

#524020 #7E6331 #AA8542 #C3A266 #D5BD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#AA8542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#AA8542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8542

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8542	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)

#94853C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 133, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.096 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a878',
    500: '#aa8542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8542;
$custom-light: #c6a878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.654,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6383,
    "c": 0.09638,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8542

secondary

#889CC0

accent

#81D454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8542

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

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