#AA8A46#AA8A46

#AA8A46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.095 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A46
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 70)
HSL	hsl(41, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 58.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 3.93, 40.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 40.62, 84.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.0093 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.095 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7728, 27.1668, 9.6267)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A46 #4666AA

analogous

#AA5846 #AA8A46 #98AA46

triadic

#AA8A46 #46AA8A #8A46AA

tetradic

#AA8A46 #46AA58 #4666AA #AA4698

square

#AA8A46 #46AA58 #4666AA #AA4698

split-complementary

#AA8A46 #4698AA #5846AA

monochromatic

#534422 #7F6734 #AA8A46 #C2A66B #D4C096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AA8A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#AA8A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A46

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A46	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.095 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ac7b',
    500: '#aa8a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a46;
$custom-light: #c6ac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.8,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64915,
    "c": 0.09503,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A46

secondary

#8C9DC0

accent

#7ED156

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A46

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

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