#AA9C8C#AA9C8C

#AA9C8C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.028 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9C8C
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 140)
HSL	hsl(32, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(32, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 17.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 2.41, 10.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 10.52, 76.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% 0.0091 0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.028 71)
XYZ	xyz(33.1995, 34.2171, 29.6615)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9C8C #8C9AAA

analogous

#AA8D8C #AA9C8C #A9AA8C

triadic

#AA9C8C #8CAA9C #9C8CAA

tetradic

#AA9C8C #8CAA8D #8C9AAA #AA8CA9

square

#AA9C8C #8CAA8D #8C9AAA #AA8CA9

split-complementary

#AA9C8C #8CA9AA #8D8CAA

monochromatic

#6C5F50 #8F7E6A #AA9C8C #C4BAAF #DED9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#AA9C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#AA9C8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9C8C

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9C8C	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.028 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9ad',
    500: '#aa9c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9c8c;
$custom-light: #c3b9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70037,
    "c": 0.02811,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.34216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9C8C

secondary

#C3C9CF

accent

#70994C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9C8C

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

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