#AA842E#AA842E

#AA842E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.111 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA842E
RGB	rgb(170, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 5.72, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 50.11, 83.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.0114 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.111 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3235, 25.2476, 6.1237)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA842E #2E54AA

analogous

#AA462E #AA842E #92AA2E

triadic

#AA842E #2EAA84 #842EAA

tetradic

#AA842E #2EAA46 #2E54AA #AA2E92

square

#AA842E #2EAA46 #2E54AA #AA2E92

split-complementary

#AA842E #2E92AA #462EAA

monochromatic

#4A3914 #7A5F21 #AA842E #CDA448 #DABC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#AA842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#AA842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA842E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA842E	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)

#958422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.111 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a76c',
    500: '#aa842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa842e;
$custom-light: #c7a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.613,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63416,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA842E

secondary

#718AC3

accent

#76E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA842E

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

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