#AA8A5B#AA8A5B

#AA8A5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.075 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A5B
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 91)
HSL	hsl(36, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 46%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 46.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, 5.85, 29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 30.26, 78.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% 0.0175 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.075 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5554, 27.4798, 13.7482)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A5B #5B7BAA

analogous

#AA625B #AA8A5B #A2AA5B

triadic

#AA8A5B #5BAA8A #8A5BAA

tetradic

#AA8A5B #5BAA62 #5B7BAA #AA5BA2

square

#AA8A5B #5BAA62 #5B7BAA #AA5BA2

split-complementary

#AA8A5B #5BA2AA #625BAA

monochromatic

#5B492F #846A44 #AA8A5B #BFA783 #D4C4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AA8A5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AA8A5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A5B

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A5B	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E925C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.075 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ac8a',
    500: '#aa8a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a5b;
$custom-light: #c5ac8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.696,
    "s": 31.727,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65233,
    "c": 0.07452,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A5B

secondary

#9FADC2

accent

#8AC860

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100C

muted

#827F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A5B

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

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