#AA8D40#AA8D40

#AA8D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.102 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8D40
RGB	rgb(170, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, 1.82, 44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 44.28, 87.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.0024 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.102 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0292, 27.9675, 8.8241)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8D40 #405DAA

analogous

#AA5840 #AA8D40 #92AA40

triadic

#AA8D40 #40AA8D #8D40AA

tetradic

#AA8D40 #40AA58 #405DAA #AA4092

square

#AA8D40 #40AA58 #405DAA #AA4092

split-complementary

#AA8D40 #4092AA #5840AA

monochromatic

#51431F #7E682F #AA8D40 #C4AA63 #D5C28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#AA8D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#AA8D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8D40

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8D40	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.102 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae78',
    500: '#aa8d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8d40;
$custom-light: #c6ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.585,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65469,
    "c": 0.10204,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8D40

secondary

#8696C0

accent

#76D553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8D40

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

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