#AA8E4E#AA8E4E

#AA8E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.090 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8E4E
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(42, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 54.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, 2.38, 37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 37.78, 86.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.0058 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.09 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6269, 28.4436, 11.2412)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8E4E #4E6AAA

analogous

#AA604E #AA8E4E #98AA4E

triadic

#AA8E4E #4EAA8E #8E4EAA

tetradic

#AA8E4E #4EAA60 #4E6AAA #AA4E98

square

#AA8E4E #4EAA60 #4E6AAA #AA4E98

split-complementary

#AA8E4E #4E98AA #604EAA

monochromatic

#564828 #806B3B #AA8E4E #C0A975 #D3C39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AA8E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#AA8E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8E4E

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8E4E	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.090 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae81',
    500: '#aa8e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8e4e;
$custom-light: #c5ae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65858,
    "c": 0.08964,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8E4E

secondary

#94A1C0

accent

#7ECD5B

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8E4E

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

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