#AA852C#AA852C

#AA852C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.113 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA852C
RGB	rgb(170, 133, 44)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 74.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 5.06, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 51.12, 84.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.0092 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.113 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4213, 25.5047, 5.9664)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA852C #2C51AA

analogous

#AA462C #AA852C #90AA2C

triadic

#AA852C #2CAA85 #852CAA

tetradic

#AA852C #2CAA46 #2C51AA #AA2C90

square

#AA852C #2CAA46 #2C51AA #AA2C90

split-complementary

#AA852C #2C90AA #462CAA

monochromatic

#493913 #795F1F #AA852C #CFA644 #DBBD75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#AA852C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#AA852C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA852C

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA852C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA852C	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)

#96851F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa852c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 133, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.113 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a86b',
    500: '#aa852c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa852c;
$custom-light: #c7a86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa852c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.381,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63606,
    "c": 0.11306,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA852C

secondary

#6F88C3

accent

#74E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA852C

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

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