#AA8A38#AA8A38

#AA8A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.107 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A38
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, 2.95, 47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 47.16, 86.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% 0.0046 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.107 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3813, 27.0101, 7.5646)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A38 #3858AA

analogous

#AA5138 #AA8A38 #91AA38

triadic

#AA8A38 #38AA8A #8A38AA

tetradic

#AA8A38 #38AA51 #3858AA #AA3891

square

#AA8A38 #38AA51 #3858AA #AA3891

split-complementary

#AA8A38 #3891AA #5138AA

monochromatic

#4E3F1A #7C6529 #AA8A38 #C8A857 #D7C085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AA8A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#AA8A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A38

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A38	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)

#99892E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.107 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab72',
    500: '#aa8a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a38;
$custom-light: #c7ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.158,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64754,
    "c": 0.10692,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A38

secondary

#7D90C1

accent

#75DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A38

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

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