#AA852E#AA852E

#AA852E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.112 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA852E
RGB	rgb(170, 133, 46)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, 5.16, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 50.31, 84.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% 0.0098 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.112 85)
XYZ	xyz(25.4598, 25.5201, 6.1692)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA852E #2E53AA

analogous

#AA472E #AA852E #91AA2E

triadic

#AA852E #2EAA85 #852EAA

tetradic

#AA852E #2EAA47 #2E53AA #AA2E91

square

#AA852E #2EAA47 #2E53AA #AA2E91

split-complementary

#AA852E #2E91AA #472EAA

monochromatic

#4A3A14 #7A5F21 #AA852E #CDA648 #DABD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#AA852E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#AA852E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA852E

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA852E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA852E	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)

#958522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa852e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 133, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.112 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a86c',
    500: '#aa852e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa852e;
$custom-light: #c7a86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa852e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.097,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63622,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.25518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA852E

secondary

#718AC3

accent

#75E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA852E

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

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