#AA8A49#AA8A49

#AA8A49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.092 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A49
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 57.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 4.17, 38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 39.17, 83.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.0104 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.092 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8699, 27.2056, 10.1380)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A49 #4969AA

analogous

#AA5949 #AA8A49 #9AAA49

triadic

#AA8A49 #49AA8A #8A49AA

tetradic

#AA8A49 #49AA59 #4969AA #AA499A

square

#AA8A49 #49AA59 #4969AA #AA499A

split-complementary

#AA8A49 #499AAA #5949AA

monochromatic

#544424 #7F6737 #AA8A49 #C1A66F #D4C19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AA8A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AA8A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A49

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A49	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)

#988A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.092 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ac7d',
    500: '#aa8a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a49;
$custom-light: #c6ac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.206,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64954,
    "c": 0.09225,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A49

secondary

#8F9FC0

accent

#80D058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A49

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

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