#AA8A55#AA8A55

#AA8A55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.081 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A55
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 50%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 5.25, 32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 33.24, 80.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.015 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.081 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3068, 27.3804, 12.4392)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A55 #5575AA

analogous

#AA6055 #AA8A55 #9FAA55

triadic

#AA8A55 #55AA8A #8A55AA

tetradic

#AA8A55 #55AA60 #5575AA #AA559F

square

#AA8A55 #55AA60 #5575AA #AA559F

split-complementary

#AA8A55 #559FAA #6055AA

monochromatic

#58482C #816941 #AA8A55 #BEA67E #D3C2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AA8A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#AA8A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A55

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A55	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.081 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ac86',
    500: '#aa8a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a55;
$custom-light: #c5ac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.412,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65132,
    "c": 0.08059,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A55

secondary

#9AA9C0

accent

#87C95E

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A55

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

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