#AA5E38#AA5E38

#AA5E38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.112 H 46.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5E38
RGB	rgb(170, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(20, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 27.58, 34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 44.47, 51.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.0777 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.112 46.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2958, 16.8393, 5.8694)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5E38 #3884AA

analogous

#AA384B #AA5E38 #AA9738

triadic

#AA5E38 #38AA5E #5E38AA

tetradic

#AA5E38 #4BAA38 #3884AA #9738AA

square

#AA5E38 #4BAA38 #3884AA #9738AA

split-complementary

#AA5E38 #38AA97 #384BAA

monochromatic

#4E2B1A #7C4529 #AA5E38 #C87D57 #D7A185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#AA5E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#AA5E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5E38

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5E38	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.112 46.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88c70',
    500: '#aa5e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5e38;
$custom-light: #c88c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56252,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 46.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5E38

secondary

#7DAAC1

accent

#ABDA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5E38

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

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