#AA8948#AA8948

#AA8948 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.093 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8948
RGB	rgb(170, 137, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 57.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, 4.65, 39.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 39.41, 83.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% 0.0117 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.093 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6942, 26.9068, 9.9171)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8948 #4869AA

analogous

#AA5848 #AA8948 #9AAA48

triadic

#AA8948 #48AA89 #8948AA

tetradic

#AA8948 #48AA58 #4869AA #AA489A

square

#AA8948 #48AA58 #4869AA #AA489A

split-complementary

#AA8948 #489AAA #5848AA

monochromatic

#544424 #7F6636 #AA8948 #C1A56E #D4C099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#AA8948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#AA8948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8948

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8948	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)

#978942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 137, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.093 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ab7d',
    500: '#aa8948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8948;
$custom-light: #c6ab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.796,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64733,
    "c": 0.0927,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8948

secondary

#8E9FC0

accent

#80D057

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8948

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

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