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#aa8b55

a balanced, soft orange · warm · closest name: tan

RGB
170, 139, 85
HSL
38°, 33%, 50%
CMYK
0, 18, 50, 33
Luminance
0.2767

Every format

HEX#aa8b55
RGBrgb(170, 139, 85)
HSLhsl(38, 33%, 50%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18%, 50%, 33%)
LABlab(59.6 4.7 33.1)
LCHlch(59.6 33.5 81.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.653 0.081 80.5)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #aa8b55;
background-color: #aa8b55;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#aa8b55] bg-[#aa8b55]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #aa8b55;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.667, green: 0.545, blue: 0.333)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#aa8b55")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#aa8b55 on white: 3.21:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#aa8b55 on black: 6.53:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red66.7%
Green54.5%
Blue33.3%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta18.2%
Yellow50.0%
Key (black)33.3%

Color previews

#aa8b55 text on a black background

contrast 6.53:1

Card sample

#aa8b55 text on a white background

contrast 3.21:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #aa8b55;
Background color
Panel with #aa8b55 background
background-color: #aa8b55;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #aa8b55;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(170, 139, 85, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(170, 139, 85, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #aa8b55;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa8b55, #90AA55);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #aa8b55

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #aa8b55 in the Color Lab