#AA8D48#AA8D48

#AA8D48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.095 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8D48
RGB	rgb(170, 141, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 57.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, 2.43, 40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 40.45, 86.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% 0.0052 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.095 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2734, 28.0652, 10.1102)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8D48 #4865AA

analogous

#AA5C48 #AA8D48 #96AA48

triadic

#AA8D48 #48AA8D #8D48AA

tetradic

#AA8D48 #48AA5C #4865AA #AA4896

square

#AA8D48 #48AA5C #4865AA #AA4896

split-complementary

#AA8D48 #4896AA #5C48AA

monochromatic

#544624 #7F6936 #AA8D48 #C1A96E #D4C299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AA8D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#AA8D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8D48

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8D48	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 141, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.095 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae7d',
    500: '#aa8d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8d48;
$custom-light: #c6ae7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.245,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65567,
    "c": 0.09482,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8D48

secondary

#8E9DC0

accent

#7BD057

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8D48

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

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