#AA5940#AA5940

#AA5940 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.113 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5940
RGB	rgb(170, 89, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, 30.84, 29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 42.48, 43.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.52% 0.089 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(55.52% 0.113 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0771, 16.0633, 6.8401)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5940 #4091AA

analogous

#AA405C #AA5940 #AA8E40

triadic

#AA5940 #40AA59 #5940AA

tetradic

#AA5940 #5CAA40 #4091AA #8E40AA

square

#AA5940 #5CAA40 #4091AA #8E40AA

split-complementary

#AA5940 #40AA8E #405CAA

monochromatic

#512A1F #7E422F #AA5940 #C47A63 #D5A08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#AA5940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#AA5940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5940

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5940	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E653E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82763F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 89, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.113 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88975',
    500: '#aa5940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5940;
$custom-light: #c88975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.151,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55521,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5940

secondary

#86B2C0

accent

#B6D553

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5940

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

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