#AA852B#AA852B

#AA852B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.114 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA852B
RGB	rgb(170, 133, 43)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 74.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 5.02, 51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 51.52, 84.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.009 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.114 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4027, 25.4973, 5.8685)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA852B #2B50AA

analogous

#AA462B #AA852B #90AA2B

triadic

#AA852B #2BAA85 #852BAA

tetradic

#AA852B #2BAA46 #2B50AA #AA2B90

square

#AA852B #2BAA46 #2B50AA #AA2B90

split-complementary

#AA852B #2B90AA #462BAA

monochromatic

#483912 #795F1F #AA852B #CFA643 #DCBD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#AA852B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#AA852B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA852B

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA852B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA852B	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96851D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa852b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 133, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.114 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a86a',
    500: '#aa852b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa852b;
$custom-light: #c7a86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa852b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.52,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63598,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA852B

secondary

#6E87C3

accent

#73E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA852B

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

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