#AA8937#AA8937

#AA8937 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.107 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8937
RGB	rgb(170, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, 3.44, 47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 47.36, 85.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% 0.0059 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.107 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2142, 26.7148, 7.3894)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8937 #3758AA

analogous

#AA5037 #AA8937 #92AA37

triadic

#AA8937 #37AA89 #8937AA

tetradic

#AA8937 #37AA50 #3758AA #AA3792

square

#AA8937 #37AA50 #3758AA #AA3792

split-complementary

#AA8937 #3792AA #5037AA

monochromatic

#4E3E19 #7C6428 #AA8937 #C8A756 #D7BF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AA8937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#AA8937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8937

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8937	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)

#99882D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.107 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab72',
    500: '#aa8937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8937;
$custom-light: #c7ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.783,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64535,
    "c": 0.10716,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8937

secondary

#7C90C1

accent

#76DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8937

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

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