#AA8A48#AA8A48

#AA8A48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.093 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A48
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 57.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 4.09, 39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 39.65, 84.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% 0.0101 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.093 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8370, 27.1924, 9.9648)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A48 #4868AA

analogous

#AA5948 #AA8A48 #99AA48

triadic

#AA8A48 #48AA8A #8A48AA

tetradic

#AA8A48 #48AA59 #4868AA #AA4899

square

#AA8A48 #48AA59 #4868AA #AA4899

split-complementary

#AA8A48 #4899AA #5948AA

monochromatic

#544424 #7F6736 #AA8A48 #C1A66E #D4C099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AA8A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AA8A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A48

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A48	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.093 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ac7d',
    500: '#aa8a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a48;
$custom-light: #c6ac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.408,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64941,
    "c": 0.09318,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A48

secondary

#8E9EC0

accent

#7FD057

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A48

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

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