#AA8A40#AA8A40

#AA8A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.100 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A40
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 3.48, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 43.49, 85.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.0072 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.1 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5928, 27.0948, 8.6786)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A40 #4060AA

analogous

#AA5540 #AA8A40 #95AA40

triadic

#AA8A40 #40AA8A #8A40AA

tetradic

#AA8A40 #40AA55 #4060AA #AA4095

square

#AA8A40 #40AA55 #4060AA #AA4095

split-complementary

#AA8A40 #4095AA #5540AA

monochromatic

#51421F #7E662F #AA8A40 #C4A763 #D5C08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AA8A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#AA8A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A40

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A40	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.100 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ab77',
    500: '#aa8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a40;
$custom-light: #c6ab77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.887,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64841,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A40

secondary

#8697C0

accent

#7AD553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A40

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

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