#AA5837#AA5837

#AA5837 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.117 H 41.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5837
RGB	rgb(170, 88, 55)
HSL	hsl(17, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.72, 30.78, 33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.72, 45.78, 47.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% 0.0872 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.117 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.7587, 15.8037, 5.5709)
Luminance	0.1580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5837 #3789AA

analogous

#AA3750 #AA5837 #AA9237

triadic

#AA5837 #37AA58 #5837AA

tetradic

#AA5837 #50AA37 #3789AA #9237AA

square

#AA5837 #50AA37 #3789AA #9237AA

split-complementary

#AA5837 #37AA92 #3750AA

monochromatic

#4E2819 #7C4028 #AA5837 #C87756 #D79C84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#AA5837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#AA5837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5837

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5837	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 88, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.117 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9886f',
    500: '#aa5837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5837;
$custom-light: #c9886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.217,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5522,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5837

secondary

#7CADC1

accent

#B2DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5837

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

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