#AA842B#AA842B

#AA842B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.113 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA842B
RGB	rgb(170, 132, 43)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 74.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, 5.57, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 51.32, 83.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.0106 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.113 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2664, 25.2248, 5.8231)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA842B #2B51AA

analogous

#AA452B #AA842B #91AA2B

triadic

#AA842B #2BAA84 #842BAA

tetradic

#AA842B #2BAA45 #2B51AA #AA2B91

square

#AA842B #2BAA45 #2B51AA #AA2B91

split-complementary

#AA842B #2B91AA #452BAA

monochromatic

#483812 #795E1F #AA842B #CFA543 #DCBD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#AA842B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#AA842B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA842B

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA842B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA842B	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95841E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa842b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 132, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.113 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a76a',
    500: '#aa842b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa842b;
$custom-light: #c7a76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa842b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.047,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63391,
    "c": 0.11328,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA842B

secondary

#6E87C3

accent

#74E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA842B

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

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