#AA8B38#AA8B38

#AA8B38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.107 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8B38
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 2.40, 47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 47.41, 87.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.003 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.107 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5254, 27.2984, 7.6126)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8B38 #3857AA

analogous

#AA5238 #AA8B38 #90AA38

triadic

#AA8B38 #38AA8B #8B38AA

tetradic

#AA8B38 #38AA52 #3857AA #AA3890

square

#AA8B38 #38AA52 #3857AA #AA3890

split-complementary

#AA8B38 #3890AA #5238AA

monochromatic

#4E401A #7C6529 #AA8B38 #C8A957 #D7C185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AA8B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AA8B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8B38

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8B38	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)

#9A8A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.107 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac73',
    500: '#aa8b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8b38;
$custom-light: #c7ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.684,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64964,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8B38

secondary

#7D8FC1

accent

#74DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8B38

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

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