#AA8946#AA8946

#AA8946 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.095 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8946
RGB	rgb(170, 137, 70)
HSL	hsl(40, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 59%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 58.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, 4.49, 40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 40.37, 83.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% 0.011 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.095 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6300, 26.8811, 9.5791)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8946 #4667AA

analogous

#AA5746 #AA8946 #99AA46

triadic

#AA8946 #46AA89 #8946AA

tetradic

#AA8946 #46AA57 #4667AA #AA4699

square

#AA8946 #46AA57 #4667AA #AA4699

split-complementary

#AA8946 #4699AA #5746AA

monochromatic

#534322 #7F6634 #AA8946 #C2A56B #D4C096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#AA8946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#AA8946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8946

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8946	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 137, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.095 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ab7b',
    500: '#aa8946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8946;
$custom-light: #c6ab7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.2,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64707,
    "c": 0.09454,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8946

secondary

#8C9DC0

accent

#7FD156

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8946

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

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