#AA9E8A#AA9E8A

#AA9E8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.032 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E8A
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(38, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 18.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, 0.99, 12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 12.08, 85.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0052 0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.032 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3917, 34.8354, 29.0047)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E8A #8A96AA

analogous

#AA8E8A #AA9E8A #A6AA8A

triadic

#AA9E8A #8AAA9E #9E8AAA

tetradic

#AA9E8A #8AAA8E #8A96AA #AA8AA6

square

#AA9E8A #8AAA8E #8A96AA #AA8AA6

split-complementary

#AA9E8A #8AA6AA #8E8AAA

monochromatic

#6C604E #8F8068 #AA9E8A #C4BBAD #DED9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AA9E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#AA9E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E8A

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E8A	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A18B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.032 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3baac',
    500: '#aa9e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e8a;
$custom-light: #c3baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70404,
    "c": 0.03155,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E8A

secondary

#C2C6CE

accent

#699A4B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E8A

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

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