#AA862A#AA862A

#AA862A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.115 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA862A
RGB	rgb(170, 134, 42)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 4.41, 51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 52.12, 85.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.0071 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.115 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5221, 25.7651, 5.8190)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA862A #2A4EAA

analogous

#AA462A #AA862A #8EAA2A

triadic

#AA862A #2AAA86 #862AAA

tetradic

#AA862A #2AAA46 #2A4EAA #AA2A8E

square

#AA862A #2AAA46 #2A4EAA #AA2A8E

split-complementary

#AA862A #2A8EAA #462AAA

monochromatic

#483912 #795F1E #AA862A #D0A841 #DCBE72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AA862A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#AA862A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA862A

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA862A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA862A	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97851C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa862a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 134, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.115 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a86a',
    500: '#aa862a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa862a;
$custom-light: #c7a86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa862a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63798,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA862A

secondary

#6C85C3

accent

#71E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA862A

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

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