#AA8A3E#AA8A3E

#AA8A3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.102 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A3E
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 63.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, 3.34, 44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 44.42, 85.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% 0.0066 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.102 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5369, 27.0724, 8.3843)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A3E #3E5EAA

analogous

#AA543E #AA8A3E #94AA3E

triadic

#AA8A3E #3EAA8A #8A3EAA

tetradic

#AA8A3E #3EAA54 #3E5EAA #AA3E94

square

#AA8A3E #3EAA54 #3E5EAA #AA3E94

split-complementary

#AA8A3E #3E94AA #543EAA

monochromatic

#50411D #7D662E #AA8A3E #C5A760 #D5C08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AA8A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#AA8A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A3E

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A3E	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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)

#998936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.102 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ab76',
    500: '#aa8a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a3e;
$custom-light: #c6ab76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64818,
    "c": 0.10205,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A3E

secondary

#8496C0

accent

#79D652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A3E

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

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