#AA8A42#AA8A42

#AA8A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.099 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A42
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 3.63, 42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 42.54, 85.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% 0.0079 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.099 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6507, 27.1179, 8.9838)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A42 #4262AA

analogous

#AA5642 #AA8A42 #96AA42

triadic

#AA8A42 #42AA8A #8A42AA

tetradic

#AA8A42 #42AA56 #4262AA #AA4296

square

#AA8A42 #42AA56 #4262AA #AA4296

split-complementary

#AA8A42 #4296AA #5642AA

monochromatic

#524220 #7E6631 #AA8A42 #C3A766 #D5C092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AA8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#AA8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A42

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A42	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)

#99893B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.099 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ab79',
    500: '#aa8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a42;
$custom-light: #c6ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64865,
    "c": 0.09861,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A42

secondary

#8899C0

accent

#7BD454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A42

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

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