#AA5538#AA5538

#AA5538 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.120 H 39.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5538
RGB	rgb(170, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(15, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.08, 32.45, 32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.08, 45.99, 45.12°)
OKLab	oklab(54.74% 0.0925 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(54.74% 0.12 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5417, 15.3310, 5.6180)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5538 #388DAA

analogous

#AA3854 #AA5538 #AA8E38

triadic

#AA5538 #38AA55 #5538AA

tetradic

#AA5538 #54AA38 #388DAA #8E38AA

square

#AA5538 #54AA38 #388DAA #8E38AA

split-complementary

#AA5538 #38AA8E #3854AA

monochromatic

#4E271A #7C3E29 #AA5538 #C87457 #D79A85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#AA5538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#AA5538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5538

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5538	1.00	5.17	4.07	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA454E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.120 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9866f',
    500: '#aa5538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5538;
$custom-light: #c9866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.263,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54742,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5538

secondary

#7DB0C1

accent

#B6DA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5538

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

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