#AA8A79#AA8A79

#AA8A79 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.046 H 49.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A79
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(21, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(21, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 28.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, 9.55, 13.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 16.69, 55.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.0301 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.046 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1177, 28.1047, 21.9764)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A79 #7999AA

analogous

#AA7981 #AA8A79 #AAA279

triadic

#AA8A79 #79AA8A #8A79AA

tetradic

#AA8A79 #81AA79 #7999AA #A279AA

square

#AA8A79 #81AA79 #7999AA #A279AA

split-complementary

#AA8A79 #79AAA2 #7981AA

monochromatic

#674F41 #8D6B59 #AA8A79 #C2AB9E #DACBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AA8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#AA8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A79

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A79	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928D78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.046 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ac9f',
    500: '#aa8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a79;
$custom-light: #c4ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.816,
    "s": 22.374,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65863,
    "c": 0.04627,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A79

secondary

#B5C2C9

accent

#A1BF69

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A79

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

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