#AA8A41#AA8A41

#AA8A41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.099 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A41
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 61.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, 3.55, 42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 43.01, 85.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.0076 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.099 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6215, 27.1062, 8.8298)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A41 #4161AA

analogous

#AA5541 #AA8A41 #95AA41

triadic

#AA8A41 #41AA8A #8A41AA

tetradic

#AA8A41 #41AA55 #4161AA #AA4195

square

#AA8A41 #41AA55 #4161AA #AA4195

split-complementary

#AA8A41 #4195AA #5541AA

monochromatic

#51421F #7E6630 #AA8A41 #C4A764 #D5C091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AA8A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#AA8A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A41

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A41	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)

#99893A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.099 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ab78',
    500: '#aa8a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a41;
$custom-light: #c6ab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.714,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64853,
    "c": 0.09949,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A41

secondary

#8798C0

accent

#7BD453

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A41

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

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