#AA5E40#AA5E40

#AA5E40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.108 H 41.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5E40
RGB	rgb(170, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 28.12, 30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 41.53, 47.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.0807 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.108 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5074, 16.9239, 6.9835)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5E40 #408CAA

analogous

#AA4057 #AA5E40 #AA9340

triadic

#AA5E40 #40AA5E #5E40AA

tetradic

#AA5E40 #57AA40 #408CAA #9340AA

square

#AA5E40 #57AA40 #408CAA #9340AA

split-complementary

#AA5E40 #40AA93 #4057AA

monochromatic

#512D1F #7E452F #AA5E40 #C47E63 #D5A38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#AA5E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#AA5E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5E40

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5E40	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84793F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.108 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88c75',
    500: '#aa5e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5e40;
$custom-light: #c88c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.981,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56368,
    "c": 0.1083,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5E40

secondary

#86B0C0

accent

#B0D553

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5E40

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

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