#AA8A3C#AA8A3C

#AA8A3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.104 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A3C
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 60)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 64.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, 3.20, 45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 45.34, 85.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% 0.0059 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.104 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4830, 27.0509, 8.1005)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A3C #3C5CAA

analogous

#AA533C #AA8A3C #93AA3C

triadic

#AA8A3C #3CAA8A #8A3CAA

tetradic

#AA8A3C #3CAA53 #3C5CAA #AA3C93

square

#AA8A3C #3CAA53 #3C5CAA #AA3C93

split-complementary

#AA8A3C #3C93AA #533CAA

monochromatic

#50411C #7D652C #AA8A3C #C6A75D #D6C08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AA8A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#AA8A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A3C

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A3C	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.104 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ab75',
    500: '#aa8a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a3c;
$custom-light: #c6ab75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.545,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64796,
    "c": 0.10372,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A3C

secondary

#8194C0

accent

#78D750

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A3C

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

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