HEX atlas value

#AA9D92

#AA9D92 is a warm orange HEX color close to Driftwood. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 170, 157, 146, HSL 28, 12%, 62%, has luminance 0.3474, and belongs to the muted and earth tone groups.

orange warm muted earth-tone

#AA9D92 Sample readable text

HEX #AA9D92

RGB rgb(170, 157, 146)

HSL hsl(28 12% 62%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 8, 14, 33)

Luminance 0.3474

Contrast Black 7.95:1White 2.64:1

CSS

--color-aa9d92: #AA9D92;
.background-aa9d92 { background-color: #AA9D92; }
.text-aa9d92 { color: #AA9D92; }

Luminance0.3474

Black text7.95:1AA Pass

White text2.64:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#AA9D92","rgb":[170,157,146],"hsl":[28,12,62],"cmyk":[0,8,14,33],"luminance":0.3474,"contrast":{"black":7.95,"white":2.64}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":7.95,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.64,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#D2CCC6","hex":"#D2CCC6","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.19,"contrastWhite":1.59,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Mushroom","hex":"#B7A99A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.16,"contrastWhite":2.29,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Sage Gray","hex":"#B2AC88","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.15,"contrastWhite":2.3,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Greige","hex":"#B0A999","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.98,"contrastWhite":2.34,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#AAA992","hex":"#AAA992","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.8,"contrastWhite":2.39,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","muted","earth tone","muted orange","earth tone orange","Driftwood adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","natural palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/aa9d92.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/driftwood.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cement.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/greige.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#929FAA","analogous":["#AA9293","#AAA992"],"triadic":["#92AA9D","#9D92AA"],"tetradic":["#93AA92","#929FAA","#A992AA"],"splitComplementary":["#92AAA9","#9293AA"],"monochromatic":["#D2CCC6","#AA9D92","#7E6F63"]}

Variants

{"light":"#D2CCC6","dark":"#7E6F63","saturated":"#BF9C7D","desaturated":"#9E9E9E","pastel":"#DEDEDE","neon":"#FFAD66"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"driftwood","name":"Driftwood","hex":"#A69A8D","distance":7.0710678118654755},{"slug":"cement","name":"Cement","hex":"#A5A391","distance":7.874007874011811},{"slug":"greige","name":"Greige","hex":"#B0A999","distance":15.132745950421556},{"slug":"mushroom","name":"Mushroom","hex":"#B7A99A","distance":19.4164878389476},{"slug":"sage-gray","name":"Sage Gray","hex":"#B2AC88","distance":19.72308292331602}]

HEX meaning and use

About #AA9D92

#AA9D92 is classified as a warm orange value with muted and earth tone visual character. #AA9D92 is visually closest to Driftwood, a named orange color with HEX #A69A8D.

The RGB channels are 170, 157, and 146, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 28deg with 12% saturation and 62% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.3474, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 7.07, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text7.95:1AA Pass

White text2.64:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #AA9D92 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000007.95:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.64:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#D2CCC6#000000 text · best 13.19:1#D2CCC6

Mushroom#000000 text · best 9.16:1#B7A99A

Sage Gray#000000 text · best 9.15:1#B2AC88

Greige#000000 text · best 8.98:1#B0A999

#AAA992#000000 text · best 8.8:1#AAA992

Generated Palette

#AA9D92#AA9D92

#929FAA#929FAA

#AA9293#AA9293

#AAA992#AAA992

#D2CCC6#D2CCC6

#7E6F63#7E6F63

Color Harmonies

#929FAA#929FAA

#AA9293#AA9293

#AAA992#AAA992

#92AA9D#92AA9D

#9D92AA#9D92AA

Variants

#D2CCC6#D2CCC6

#7E6F63#7E6F63

#BF9C7D#BF9C7D

#9E9E9E#9E9E9E

#DEDEDE#DEDEDE

#FFAD66#FFAD66

Nearest Named Colors

Driftwood#A69A8D

Cement#A5A391

Greige#B0A999

Mushroom#B7A99A

Sage Gray#B2AC88

#AA9D92

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #AA9D92

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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