#AA9971#AA9971

#AA9971 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.059 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9971
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 113)
HSL	hsl(42, 25%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 34%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 33.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, 0.14, 23.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 23.35, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% 0.0024 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.059 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9499, 32.5218, 20.2666)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9971 #7182AA

analogous

#AA7C71 #AA9971 #9EAA71

triadic

#AA9971 #71AA99 #9971AA

tetradic

#AA9971 #71AA7C #7182AA #AA719E

square

#AA9971 #71AA7C #7182AA #AA719E

split-complementary

#AA9971 #719EAA #7C71AA

monochromatic

#64583C #8B7A53 #AA9971 #C1B497 #D8D0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AA9971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#AA9971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9971

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9971	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)

#A2986E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79C72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.059 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b69a',
    500: '#aa9971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9971;
$custom-light: #c4b69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.105,
    "s": 25.11,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6878,
    "c": 0.05855,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9971

secondary

#B0B7C7

accent

#81C266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9971

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

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