#AA8736#AA8736

#AA8736 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.107 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8736
RGB	rgb(170, 135, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, 4.49, 47.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 47.33, 84.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.0088 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.107 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9088, 26.1420, 7.1706)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8736 #3659AA

analogous

#AA4D36 #AA8736 #93AA36

triadic

#AA8736 #36AA87 #8736AA

tetradic

#AA8736 #36AA4D #3659AA #AA3693

square

#AA8736 #36AA4D #3659AA #AA3693

split-complementary

#AA8736 #3693AA #4D36AA

monochromatic

#4D3D18 #7C6227 #AA8736 #C9A654 #D8BE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#AA8736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#AA8736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8736

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8736	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97862C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 135, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.107 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a971',
    500: '#aa8736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8736;
$custom-light: #c7a971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.897,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64109,
    "c": 0.10696,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8736

secondary

#7B90C1

accent

#78DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8736

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

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