#AA997E#AA997E

#AA997E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.043 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA997E
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(37, 21%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(37, 26%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 25.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, 1.93, 16.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 16.61, 83.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% 0.008 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.043 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7349, 32.8358, 24.4008)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA997E #7E8FAA

analogous

#AA837E #AA997E #A5AA7E

triadic

#AA997E #7EAA99 #997EAA

tetradic

#AA997E #7EAA83 #7E8FAA #AA7EA5

square

#AA997E #7EAA83 #7E8FAA #AA7EA5

split-complementary

#AA997E #7EA5AA #837EAA

monochromatic

#695B45 #8E7B5D #AA997E #C2B6A3 #DBD3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AA997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#AA997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA997E

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA997E	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0997C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59D7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.043 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7a3',
    500: '#aa997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa997e;
$custom-light: #c3b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.818,
    "s": 20.561,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69066,
    "c": 0.04288,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA997E

secondary

#B9C0CB

accent

#8BBD6B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F3

border

#D1D0CD

text

#12110F

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA997E

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

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