#AA5535#AA5535

#AA5535 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.121 H 40.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5535
RGB	rgb(170, 85, 53)
HSL	hsl(16, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 68.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.05, 32.27, 34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.05, 47.03, 46.67°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% 0.0914 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.121 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4705, 15.3025, 5.2431)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5535 #358AAA

analogous

#AA354F #AA5535 #AA8F35

triadic

#AA5535 #35AA55 #5535AA

tetradic

#AA5535 #4FAA35 #358AAA #8F35AA

square

#AA5535 #4FAA35 #358AAA #8F35AA

split-complementary

#AA5535 #35AA8F #354FAA

monochromatic

#4D2618 #7B3E26 #AA5535 #C97353 #D89982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#AA5535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#AA5535 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5535

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5535	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA444E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 85, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.121 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9866d',
    500: '#aa5535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5535;
$custom-light: #c9866d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.41,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.547,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5535

secondary

#7AAEC1

accent

#B5DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5535

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

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