#AA978D#AA978D

#AA978D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.027 H 49.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA978D
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(21, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(21, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 17.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, 5.33, 7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 9.48, 55.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% 0.0174 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.027 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4518, 32.6031, 29.7777)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA978D #8DA0AA

analogous

#AA8D91 #AA978D #AAA58D

triadic

#AA978D #8DAA97 #978DAA

tetradic

#AA978D #91AA8D #8DA0AA #A58DAA

square

#AA978D #91AA8D #8DA0AA #A58DAA

split-complementary

#AA978D #8DAAA5 #8D91AA

monochromatic

#6C5A51 #8F776B #AA978D #C4B7B0 #DED7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AA978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#AA978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA978D

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA978D	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C988C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.027 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b5ae',
    500: '#aa978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa978d;
$custom-light: #c3b5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.69,
    "s": 14.573,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69029,
    "c": 0.02689,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA978D

secondary

#C4CBCF

accent

#7F994D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA978D

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

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