#AA997B#AA997B

#AA997B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.046 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA997B
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(38, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 28%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 27.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, 1.50, 18.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 18.14, 85.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69% 0.0067 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.046 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5442, 32.7595, 23.3966)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA997B #7B8CAA

analogous

#AA827B #AA997B #A3AA7B

triadic

#AA997B #7BAA99 #997BAA

tetradic

#AA997B #7BAA82 #7B8CAA #AA7BA3

square

#AA997B #7BAA82 #7B8CAA #AA7BA3

split-complementary

#AA997B #7BA3AA #827BAA

monochromatic

#685A43 #8D7B5B #AA997B #C2B6A0 #DAD3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AA997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#AA997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA997B

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA997B	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19879

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.046 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b7a1',
    500: '#aa997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa997b;
$custom-light: #c4b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.298,
    "s": 21.659,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68997,
    "c": 0.04647,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA997B

secondary

#B7BECA

accent

#88BE6A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12110F

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA997B

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

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