#AA5939#AA5939

#AA5939 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.116 H 41.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5939
RGB	rgb(170, 89, 57)
HSL	hsl(17, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 66.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 30.37, 33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 44.89, 47.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% 0.0863 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.116 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8902, 15.9886, 5.8561)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5939 #398AAA

analogous

#AA3952 #AA5939 #AA9239

triadic

#AA5939 #39AA59 #5939AA

tetradic

#AA5939 #52AA39 #398AAA #9239AA

square

#AA5939 #52AA39 #398AAA #9239AA

split-complementary

#AA5939 #39AA92 #3952AA

monochromatic

#4E291A #7C412A #AA5939 #C77859 #D79D87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#AA5939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#AA5939 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5939

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5939	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 89, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.116 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88970',
    500: '#aa5939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5939;
$custom-light: #c88970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.991,
    "s": 49.78,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55415,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5939

secondary

#7EAEC1

accent

#B2D94E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5939

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

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