#AA5E36#AA5E36

#AA5E36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.113 H 47.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5E36
RGB	rgb(170, 94, 54)
HSL	hsl(21, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, 27.45, 35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 45.23, 52.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.0769 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.113 47.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2479, 16.8201, 5.6169)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5E36 #3682AA

analogous

#AA3648 #AA5E36 #AA9836

triadic

#AA5E36 #36AA5E #5E36AA

tetradic

#AA5E36 #48AA36 #3682AA #9836AA

square

#AA5E36 #48AA36 #3682AA #9836AA

split-complementary

#AA5E36 #36AA98 #3648AA

monochromatic

#4D2B18 #7C4427 #AA5E36 #C97D54 #D8A083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#AA5E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#AA5E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5E36

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5E36	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)

#736832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 94, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.113 47.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88c6e',
    500: '#aa5e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5e36;
$custom-light: #c88c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.69,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56225,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 47.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5E36

secondary

#7BA9C1

accent

#AADB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5E36

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

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