#AA8936#AA8936

#AA8936 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.108 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8936
RGB	rgb(170, 137, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, 3.38, 47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 47.80, 85.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.0056 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.108 87)
XYZ	xyz(26.1905, 26.7054, 7.2645)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8936 #3657AA

analogous

#AA4F36 #AA8936 #91AA36

triadic

#AA8936 #36AA89 #8936AA

tetradic

#AA8936 #36AA4F #3657AA #AA3691

square

#AA8936 #36AA4F #3657AA #AA3691

split-complementary

#AA8936 #3691AA #4F36AA

monochromatic

#4D3E18 #7C6427 #AA8936 #C9A854 #D8BF83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AA8936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#AA8936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8936

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8936	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99882C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 137, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.108 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab71',
    500: '#aa8936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8936;
$custom-light: #c7ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.931,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64526,
    "c": 0.10793,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.26704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8936

secondary

#7B8FC1

accent

#75DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8936

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

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