#AA9C8D#AA9C8D

#AA9C8D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.027 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9C8D
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(31, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(31, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 17.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 2.57, 9.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 10.05, 75.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.0096 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.027 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2736, 34.2467, 30.0516)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9C8D #8D9BAA

analogous

#AA8D8D #AA9C8D #A9AA8D

triadic

#AA9C8D #8DAA9C #9C8DAA

tetradic

#AA9C8D #8DAA8D #8D9BAA #AA8DA9

square

#AA9C8D #8DAA8D #8D9BAA #AA8DA9

split-complementary

#AA9C8D #8DA9AA #8D8DAA

monochromatic

#6C5F51 #8F7E6B #AA9C8D #C4BAB0 #DED9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#AA9C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#AA9C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9C8D

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9C8D	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.027 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9ae',
    500: '#aa9c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9c8d;
$custom-light: #c3b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.034,
    "s": 14.573,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70063,
    "c": 0.02701,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9C8D

secondary

#C4C9CF

accent

#71994D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9C8D

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

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