#AA5412Brandy Bear (#AA5412) is a mid-tone, saturated orange with an OKLCH hue of 51°, lightness 0.54 and chroma 0.133. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #AA5412 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 84, 18) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 81%, 37%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 89%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 51%, 89%, 33%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(45.5 31.4 50) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.542 0.133 51) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Brandy Bear shifts subtly: leans toward pink; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#ab500a — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward pink#ad540e — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#aa5412 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#aa5513 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Brandy Bear in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 5.27:1 and against black 3.99:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#fab289 · #d68859 · #aa5412 · #873e00 · #562400 · #2a0d00
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#b28d41 · #af7123 · #aa5412 · #973f29 · #802e34 · #672038
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#bbaf3c · #948f5f · #aa5412 · #823d03 · #5c2700 · #252000
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#fac9ae · #40bff5 · #aa5412 · #634a3c · #50270a · #291204
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e6f4fc · #98867b · #aa5412 · #4e585d · #301f15 · #000204
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e8f4fb · #bfcdd5 · #92a2ab · #182d37 · #000b14 · #aa5412
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d0d7b2 · #bcba88 · #8d7caf · #aa5412 · #081dc1 · #100627
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e3f5ff · #069da4 · #aa5412 · #28529f · #00292c · #000011
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d8fbee · #339e81 · #aa5412 · #584499 · #261054 · #000402
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e4f9e0 · #649a5c · #aa5412 · #005e7f · #3a0543 · #00050c
#BB6E3D · #CC875E · #DCA17E · #ECBA9E · #FCD4BE
#904300 · #743400 · #592600 · #401900 · #290C00
#9F5C31 · #936245 · #876856
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.