#AA997D#AA997D

#AA997D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.044 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA997D
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(37, 21%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(37, 26%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 26.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, 1.78, 17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 17.12, 84.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% 0.0075 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.044 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6707, 32.8101, 24.0627)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA997D #7D8EAA

analogous

#AA827D #AA997D #A4AA7D

triadic

#AA997D #7DAA99 #997DAA

tetradic

#AA997D #7DAA82 #7D8EAA #AA7DA4

square

#AA997D #7DAA82 #7D8EAA #AA7DA4

split-complementary

#AA997D #7DA4AA #827DAA

monochromatic

#685B44 #8D7B5C #AA997D #C2B6A2 #DAD3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AA997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#AA997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA997D

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA997D	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1997B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59D7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.044 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b7a2',
    500: '#aa997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa997d;
$custom-light: #c4b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.333,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69042,
    "c": 0.04408,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA997D

secondary

#B8BFCA

accent

#8ABD6A

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F3

border

#D1D0CD

text

#12110F

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA997D

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

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