#AA4938#AA4938

#AA4938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.131 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4938
RGB	rgb(170, 73, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.65, 38.66, 29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.65, 48.74, 37.53°)
OKLab	oklab(52.89% 0.1117 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(52.89% 0.131 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6758, 13.5992, 5.3294)
Luminance	0.1360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4938 #3899AA

analogous

#AA3860 #AA4938 #AA8238

triadic

#AA4938 #38AA49 #4938AA

tetradic

#AA4938 #60AA38 #3899AA #8238AA

square

#AA4938 #60AA38 #3899AA #8238AA

split-complementary

#AA4938 #38AA82 #3860AA

monochromatic

#4E211A #7C3529 #AA4938 #C86857 #D79285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#AA4938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#AA4938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4938

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4938	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 73, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.131 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97f6f',
    500: '#aa4938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4938;
$custom-light: #c97f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.947,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52893,
    "c": 0.13147,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4938

secondary

#7DB7C1

accent

#C5DA4E

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#140A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4938

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

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