#AA8B31#AA8B31

#AA8B31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.113 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8B31
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 71.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 1.99, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 50.43, 87.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% 0.001 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.113 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3660, 27.2347, 6.7732)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8B31 #3150AA

analogous

#AA4E31 #AA8B31 #8CAA31

triadic

#AA8B31 #31AA8B #8B31AA

tetradic

#AA8B31 #31AA4E #3150AA #AA318C

square

#AA8B31 #31AA4E #3150AA #AA318C

split-complementary

#AA8B31 #318CAA #4E31AA

monochromatic

#4B3D16 #7A6423 #AA8B31 #CCAB4D #D9C17C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AA8B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#AA8B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8B31

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8B31	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.113 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac6e',
    500: '#aa8b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8b31;
$custom-light: #c7ac6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.628,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64899,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8B31

secondary

#7589C2

accent

#6FDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8B31

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

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