#AA9973#AA9973

#AA9973 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.056 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9973
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 115)
HSL	hsl(41, 24%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 32%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 32.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, 0.41, 22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 22.30, 88.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% 0.0033 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.056 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0637, 32.5673, 20.8661)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9973 #7384AA

analogous

#AA7D73 #AA9973 #9FAA73

triadic

#AA9973 #73AA99 #9973AA

tetradic

#AA9973 #73AA7D #7384AA #AA739F

square

#AA9973 #73AA7D #7384AA #AA739F

split-complementary

#AA9973 #739FAA #7D73AA

monochromatic

#65593D #8B7A55 #AA9973 #C1B599 #D8D0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AA9973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#AA9973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9973

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9973	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69D74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.056 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b79b',
    500: '#aa9973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9973;
$custom-light: #c4b79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.455,
    "s": 24.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68822,
    "c": 0.05614,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9973

secondary

#B1B8C8

accent

#83C167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9973

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

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