#AA5537#AA5537

#AA5537 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.120 H 39.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5537
RGB	rgb(170, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(16, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 32.39, 33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 46.33, 45.65°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% 0.0922 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.12 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5175, 15.3213, 5.4905)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5537 #378CAA

analogous

#AA3753 #AA5537 #AA8F37

triadic

#AA5537 #37AA55 #5537AA

tetradic

#AA5537 #53AA37 #378CAA #8F37AA

square

#AA5537 #53AA37 #378CAA #8F37AA

split-complementary

#AA5537 #37AA8F #3753AA

monochromatic

#4E2719 #7C3E28 #AA5537 #C87456 #D79A84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#AA5537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#AA5537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5537

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5537	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)

#6C6234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA454E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.120 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9866f',
    500: '#aa5537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5537;
$custom-light: #c9866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.652,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54728,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5537

secondary

#7CAFC1

accent

#B6DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5537

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

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