#AA8B3E#AA8B3E

#AA8B3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.103 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8B3E
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 62)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 63.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, 2.79, 44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 44.68, 86.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% 0.005 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.103 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6810, 27.3607, 8.4323)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8B3E #3E5DAA

analogous

#AA553E #AA8B3E #93AA3E

triadic

#AA8B3E #3EAA8B #8B3EAA

tetradic

#AA8B3E #3EAA55 #3E5DAA #AA3E93

square

#AA8B3E #3EAA55 #3E5DAA #AA3E93

split-complementary

#AA8B3E #3E93AA #553EAA

monochromatic

#50421D #7D662E #AA8B3E #C5A860 #D5C18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AA8B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AA8B3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8B3E

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8B3E	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.103 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ac76',
    500: '#aa8b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8b3e;
$custom-light: #c6ac76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.778,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65027,
    "c": 0.10259,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8B3E

secondary

#8495C0

accent

#78D652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8B3E

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

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