#AA9C8A#AA9C8A

#AA9C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.030 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9C8A
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(34, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 18.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 2.09, 11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 11.48, 79.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.0083 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.03 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0534, 34.1587, 28.8919)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9C8A #8A98AA

analogous

#AA8C8A #AA9C8A #A8AA8A

triadic

#AA9C8A #8AAA9C #9C8AAA

tetradic

#AA9C8A #8AAA8C #8A98AA #AA8AA8

square

#AA9C8A #8AAA8C #8A98AA #AA8AA8

split-complementary

#AA9C8A #8AA8AA #8C8AAA

monochromatic

#6C5F4E #8F7E68 #AA9C8A #C4BAAD #DED8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#AA9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#AA9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9C8A

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9C8A	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.030 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9ac',
    500: '#aa9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9c8a;
$custom-light: #c3b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.75,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69986,
    "c": 0.03039,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9C8A

secondary

#C2C7CE

accent

#6E9A4B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9C8A

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

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