#AA8938#AA8938

#AA8938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.106 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8938
RGB	rgb(170, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, 3.50, 46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 46.91, 85.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.0062 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.106 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2385, 26.7245, 7.5170)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8938 #3859AA

analogous

#AA5038 #AA8938 #92AA38

triadic

#AA8938 #38AA89 #8938AA

tetradic

#AA8938 #38AA50 #3859AA #AA3892

square

#AA8938 #38AA50 #3859AA #AA3892

split-complementary

#AA8938 #3892AA #5038AA

monochromatic

#4E3F1A #7C6429 #AA8938 #C8A757 #D7BF85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AA8938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#AA8938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8938

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8938	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)

#99882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.106 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab72',
    500: '#aa8938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8938;
$custom-light: #c7ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.632,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64545,
    "c": 0.10639,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8938

secondary

#7D91C1

accent

#76DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8938

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

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