#AA8838#AA8838

#AA8838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.106 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8838
RGB	rgb(170, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, 4.06, 46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 46.67, 85.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% 0.0079 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.106 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0970, 26.4415, 7.4698)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8838 #385AAA

analogous

#AA4F38 #AA8838 #93AA38

triadic

#AA8838 #38AA88 #8838AA

tetradic

#AA8838 #38AA4F #385AAA #AA3893

square

#AA8838 #38AA4F #385AAA #AA3893

split-complementary

#AA8838 #3893AA #4F38AA

monochromatic

#4E3E1A #7C6329 #AA8838 #C8A657 #D7BF85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#AA8838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#AA8838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8838

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8838	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.106 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aa72',
    500: '#aa8838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8838;
$custom-light: #c7aa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.105,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64337,
    "c": 0.1059,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8838

secondary

#7D91C1

accent

#78DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8838

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

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