#AA5536#AA5536

#AA5536 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.120 H 40.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5536
RGB	rgb(170, 85, 54)
HSL	hsl(16, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 32.33, 33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 46.68, 46.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.71% 0.0918 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(54.71% 0.12 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4937, 15.3118, 5.3656)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5536 #368BAA

analogous

#AA3651 #AA5536 #AA8F36

triadic

#AA5536 #36AA55 #5536AA

tetradic

#AA5536 #51AA36 #368BAA #8F36AA

square

#AA5536 #51AA36 #368BAA #8F36AA

split-complementary

#AA5536 #36AA8F #3651AA

monochromatic

#4D2718 #7C3E27 #AA5536 #C97454 #D89983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#AA5536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#AA5536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5536

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5536	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)

#6C6233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA444E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 85, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.120 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9866e',
    500: '#aa5536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5536;
$custom-light: #c9866e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.034,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54714,
    "c": 0.12029,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5536

secondary

#7BAEC1

accent

#B5DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5536

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

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