#AA8638#AA8638

#AA8638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.105 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8638
RGB	rgb(170, 134, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 5.17, 45.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 46.22, 83.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.0111 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.105 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8179, 25.8835, 7.3768)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8638 #385CAA

analogous

#AA4D38 #AA8638 #95AA38

triadic

#AA8638 #38AA86 #8638AA

tetradic

#AA8638 #38AA4D #385CAA #AA3895

square

#AA8638 #38AA4D #385CAA #AA3895

split-complementary

#AA8638 #3895AA #4D38AA

monochromatic

#4E3D1A #7C6229 #AA8638 #C8A457 #D7BD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AA8638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#AA8638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8638

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8638	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 134, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.105 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a972',
    500: '#aa8638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8638;
$custom-light: #c7a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63922,
    "c": 0.10499,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8638

secondary

#7D92C1

accent

#7ADA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8638

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

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