#AA862E#AA862E

#AA862E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.112 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA862E
RGB	rgb(170, 134, 46)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, 4.61, 50.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 50.52, 84.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% 0.0081 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.112 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5973, 25.7952, 6.2150)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA862E #2E52AA

analogous

#AA482E #AA862E #90AA2E

triadic

#AA862E #2EAA86 #862EAA

tetradic

#AA862E #2EAA48 #2E52AA #AA2E90

square

#AA862E #2EAA48 #2E52AA #AA2E90

split-complementary

#AA862E #2E90AA #482EAA

monochromatic

#4A3A14 #7A6021 #AA862E #CDA748 #DABE78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AA862E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#AA862E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA862E

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA862E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA862E	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa862e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 134, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.112 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a86c',
    500: '#aa862e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa862e;
$custom-light: #c7a86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa862e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63829,
    "c": 0.11219,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA862E

secondary

#7189C3

accent

#74E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA862E

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

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