#AA8A36#AA8A36

#AA8A36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.108 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A36
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 2.83, 47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 48.04, 86.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% 0.004 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.108 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3333, 26.9910, 7.3121)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A36 #3656AA

analogous

#AA5036 #AA8A36 #90AA36

triadic

#AA8A36 #36AA8A #8A36AA

tetradic

#AA8A36 #36AA50 #3656AA #AA3690

square

#AA8A36 #36AA50 #3656AA #AA3690

split-complementary

#AA8A36 #3690AA #5036AA

monochromatic

#4D3F18 #7C6427 #AA8A36 #C9A954 #D8C083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AA8A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#AA8A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A36

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A36	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.108 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab71',
    500: '#aa8a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a36;
$custom-light: #c7ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64735,
    "c": 0.10845,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A36

secondary

#7B8EC1

accent

#74DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A36

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

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