#AA8A56#AA8A56

#AA8A56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.080 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A56
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 49.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, 5.35, 32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 32.74, 80.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% 0.0154 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.08 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3468, 27.3964, 12.6499)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A56 #5676AA

analogous

#AA6056 #AA8A56 #A0AA56

triadic

#AA8A56 #56AA8A #8A56AA

tetradic

#AA8A56 #56AA60 #5676AA #AA56A0

square

#AA8A56 #56AA60 #5676AA #AA56A0

split-complementary

#AA8A56 #56A0AA #6056AA

monochromatic

#59482D #826941 #AA8A56 #BEA67F #D3C2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AA8A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#AA8A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A56

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A56	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)

#978A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.080 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ac86',
    500: '#aa8a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a56;
$custom-light: #c5ac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 33.071,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65149,
    "c": 0.07958,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A56

secondary

#9BA9C1

accent

#87C95F

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A56

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

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