#AA5838#AA5838

#AA5838 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.117 H 41.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5838
RGB	rgb(170, 88, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(17, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.73, 30.84, 33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.73, 45.42, 47.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% 0.0876 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.117 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.7829, 15.8134, 5.6984)
Luminance	0.1581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5838 #388AAA

analogous

#AA3851 #AA5838 #AA9138

triadic

#AA5838 #38AA58 #5838AA

tetradic

#AA5838 #51AA38 #388AAA #9138AA

square

#AA5838 #51AA38 #388AAA #9138AA

split-complementary

#AA5838 #38AA91 #3851AA

monochromatic

#4E281A #7C4029 #AA5838 #C87757 #D79C85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#AA5838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#AA5838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5838

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5838	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)

#6E6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 88, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.117 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9886f',
    500: '#aa5838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5838;
$custom-light: #c9886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.842,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55234,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5838

secondary

#7DAEC1

accent

#B3DA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5838

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

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