#AA5E35#AA5E35

#AA5E35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.113 H 47.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5E35
RGB	rgb(170, 94, 53)
HSL	hsl(21, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 68.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 27.39, 36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 45.62, 53.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.0766 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.113 47.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2246, 16.8108, 5.4945)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5E35 #3581AA

analogous

#AA3546 #AA5E35 #AA9835

triadic

#AA5E35 #35AA5E #5E35AA

tetradic

#AA5E35 #46AA35 #3581AA #9835AA

square

#AA5E35 #46AA35 #3581AA #9835AA

split-complementary

#AA5E35 #35AA98 #3546AA

monochromatic

#4D2A18 #7B4426 #AA5E35 #C97C53 #D8A082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#AA5E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#AA5E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5E35

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5E35	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 94, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.113 47.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88c6e',
    500: '#aa5e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5e35;
$custom-light: #c88c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.026,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56212,
    "c": 0.11341,
    "h": 47.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5E35

secondary

#7AA8C1

accent

#A9DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5E35

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

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