#AA862B#AA862B

#AA862B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.114 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA862B
RGB	rgb(170, 134, 43)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 74.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 4.46, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 51.73, 85.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.0074 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.114 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5403, 25.7724, 5.9144)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA862B #2B4FAA

analogous

#AA472B #AA862B #8FAA2B

triadic

#AA862B #2BAA86 #862BAA

tetradic

#AA862B #2BAA47 #2B4FAA #AA2B8F

square

#AA862B #2BAA47 #2B4FAA #AA2B8F

split-complementary

#AA862B #2B8FAA #472BAA

monochromatic

#483912 #795F1F #AA862B #CFA843 #DCBE74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AA862B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#AA862B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA862B

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA862B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA862B	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)

#96851D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa862b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 134, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.114 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a86b',
    500: '#aa862b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa862b;
$custom-light: #c7a86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa862b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.992,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63805,
    "c": 0.11412,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA862B

secondary

#6E86C3

accent

#72E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA862B

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

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