#AA996D#AA996D

#AA996D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.063 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA996D
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 109)
HSL	hsl(43, 26%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 36%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 35.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, -0.36, 25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 25.45, 90.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% 0.0007 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.063 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7297, 32.4337, 19.1066)
Luminance	0.3243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA996D #6D7EAA

analogous

#AA7B6D #AA996D #9CAA6D

triadic

#AA996D #6DAA99 #996DAA

tetradic

#AA996D #6DAA7B #6D7EAA #AA6D9C

square

#AA996D #6DAA7B #6D7EAA #AA6D9C

split-complementary

#AA996D #6D9CAA #7B6DAA

monochromatic

#63573A #8A7A50 #AA996D #C1B494 #D7CFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AA996D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#AA996D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA996D

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA996D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA996D	1.00	2.81	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3976A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79C6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa996d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.063 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b697',
    500: '#aa996d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa996d;
$custom-light: #c4b697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa996d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.279,
    "s": 26.407,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.687,
    "c": 0.06335,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA996D

secondary

#ADB4C6

accent

#7FC365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA996D

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

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