#AA8A51#AA8A51

#AA8A51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.085 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A51
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 52.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 4.87, 34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 35.23, 82.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.0135 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.085 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1524, 27.3186, 11.6258)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A51 #5171AA

analogous

#AA5E51 #AA8A51 #9EAA51

triadic

#AA8A51 #51AA8A #8A51AA

tetradic

#AA8A51 #51AA5E #5171AA #AA519E

square

#AA8A51 #51AA5E #5171AA #AA519E

split-complementary

#AA8A51 #519EAA #5E51AA

monochromatic

#57472A #81683D #AA8A51 #BFA679 #D3C2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AA8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AA8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A51

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A51	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.085 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ac83',
    500: '#aa8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a51;
$custom-light: #c5ac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.427,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65069,
    "c": 0.08456,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A51

secondary

#97A6C0

accent

#84CB5C

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A51

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

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