#AA4F38#AA4F38

#AA4F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.125 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4F38
RGB	rgb(170, 79, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(12, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 35.60, 31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 47.28, 41.14°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% 0.1022 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.125 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0892, 14.4260, 5.4672)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4F38 #3893AA

analogous

#AA385A #AA4F38 #AA8838

triadic

#AA4F38 #38AA4F #4F38AA

tetradic

#AA4F38 #5AAA38 #3893AA #8838AA

square

#AA4F38 #5AAA38 #3893AA #8838AA

split-complementary

#AA4F38 #38AA88 #385AAA

monochromatic

#4E241A #7C3A29 #AA4F38 #C86E57 #D79685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#AA4F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#AA4F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA4F38

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA4F38	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 79, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.125 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9836f',
    500: '#aa4f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4f38;
$custom-light: #c9836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.105,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53792,
    "c": 0.12531,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4F38

secondary

#7DB3C1

accent

#BEDA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4F38

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

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