#AA842C#AA842C

#AA842C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.113 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA842C
RGB	rgb(170, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 74.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, 5.62, 50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 50.92, 83.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.0108 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.113 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2850, 25.2322, 5.9209)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA842C #2C52AA

analogous

#AA452C #AA842C #91AA2C

triadic

#AA842C #2CAA84 #842CAA

tetradic

#AA842C #2CAA45 #2C52AA #AA2C91

square

#AA842C #2CAA45 #2C52AA #AA2C91

split-complementary

#AA842C #2C91AA #452CAA

monochromatic

#493913 #795E1F #AA842C #CFA544 #DBBC75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#AA842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#AA842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA842C

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA842C	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95841F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.113 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a76b',
    500: '#aa842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa842c;
$custom-light: #c7a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.905,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63399,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA842C

secondary

#6F88C3

accent

#75E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA842C

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

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