#AA5E2E#AA5E2E

#AA5E2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.117 H 50.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5E2E
RGB	rgb(170, 94, 46)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(23, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 27.01, 40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 48.31, 56.01°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% 0.0742 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.117 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0752, 16.7510, 4.7076)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5E2E #2E7AAA

analogous

#AA2E3C #AA5E2E #AA9C2E

triadic

#AA5E2E #2EAA5E #5E2EAA

tetradic

#AA5E2E #3CAA2E #2E7AAA #9C2EAA

square

#AA5E2E #3CAA2E #2E7AAA #9C2EAA

split-complementary

#AA5E2E #2EAA9C #2E3CAA

monochromatic

#4A2914 #7A4321 #AA5E2E #CD7C48 #DA9E78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#AA5E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#AA5E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5E2E

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5E2E	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 94, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.117 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98c69',
    500: '#aa5e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5e2e;
$custom-light: #c98c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.226,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5613,
    "c": 0.11669,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5E2E

secondary

#71A3C3

accent

#A5E147

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5E2E

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

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