#AA462E#AA462E

#AA462E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.137 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA462E
RGB	rgb(170, 70, 46)
HSL	hsl(12, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.95, 39.59, 34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.95, 52.57, 41.14°)
OKLab	oklab(52.32% 0.1127 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(52.32% 0.137 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2628, 13.1262, 4.1035)
Luminance	0.1312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA462E #2E92AA

analogous

#AA2E54 #AA462E #AA842E

triadic

#AA462E #2EAA46 #462EAA

tetradic

#AA462E #54AA2E #2E92AA #842EAA

square

#AA462E #54AA2E #2E92AA #842EAA

split-complementary

#AA462E #2EAA84 #2E54AA

monochromatic

#4A1E14 #7A3221 #AA462E #CD6248 #DA8B78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#AA462E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#AA462E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA462E

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA462E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA462E	1.00	5.79	3.62	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61582B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB3041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa462e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 70, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.137 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7d68',
    500: '#aa462e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa462e;
$custom-light: #ca7d68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa462e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.613,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52322,
    "c": 0.13719,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA462E

secondary

#71B3C3

accent

#C3E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA462E

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

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