#AA9E8E#AA9E8E

#AA9E8E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.027 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E8E
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 142)
HSL	hsl(34, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(34, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 16.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, 1.63, 9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 10.07, 80.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0068 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.027 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6867, 34.9534, 30.5580)
Luminance	0.3495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E8E #8E9AAA

analogous

#AA908E #AA9E8E #A8AA8E

triadic

#AA9E8E #8EAA9E #9E8EAA

tetradic

#AA9E8E #8EAA90 #8E9AAA #AA8EA8

square

#AA9E8E #8EAA90 #8E9AAA #AA8EA8

split-complementary

#AA9E8E #8EA8AA #908EAA

monochromatic

#6C6151 #8F806C #AA9E8E #C4BCB1 #DFDAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AA9E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#AA9E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E8E

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E8E	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A18E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.027 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3baaf',
    500: '#aa9e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e8e;
$custom-light: #c3baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 14.141,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70506,
    "c": 0.02673,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E8E

secondary

#C5C9CF

accent

#6D984D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E8E

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

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