#AA8A2E#AA8A2E

#AA8A2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.114 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A2E
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, 2.39, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 51.42, 87.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% 0.0018 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.114 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1607, 26.9219, 6.4028)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A2E #2E4EAA

analogous

#AA4C2E #AA8A2E #8CAA2E

triadic

#AA8A2E #2EAA8A #8A2EAA

tetradic

#AA8A2E #2EAA4C #2E4EAA #AA2E8C

square

#AA8A2E #2EAA4C #2E4EAA #AA2E8C

split-complementary

#AA8A2E #2E8CAA #4C2EAA

monochromatic

#4A3C14 #7A6321 #AA8A2E #CDAB48 #DAC178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#AA8A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#AA8A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A2E

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A2E	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)

#9A8921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.114 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab6d',
    500: '#aa8a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a2e;
$custom-light: #c7ab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64664,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A2E

secondary

#7186C3

accent

#6FE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A2E

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

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