#AA996F#AA996F

#AA996F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.061 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA996F
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 111)
HSL	hsl(43, 26%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 35%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 34.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -0.11, 24.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 24.39, 90.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% 0.0016 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.061 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8386, 32.4772, 19.6801)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA996F #6F80AA

analogous

#AA7C6F #AA996F #9DAA6F

triadic

#AA996F #6FAA99 #996FAA

tetradic

#AA996F #6FAA7C #6F80AA #AA6F9D

square

#AA996F #6FAA7C #6F80AA #AA6F9D

split-complementary

#AA996F #6F9DAA #7C6FAA

monochromatic

#64583B #8A7A52 #AA996F #C1B495 #D7D0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AA996F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#AA996F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA996F

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA996F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA996F	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3986C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79C70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa996f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.061 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b698',
    500: '#aa996f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa996f;
$custom-light: #c4b698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa996f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.712,
    "s": 25.764,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6874,
    "c": 0.06095,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA996F

secondary

#AEB5C7

accent

#80C266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA996F

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

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