#AA5F40#AA5F40

#AA5F40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.107 H 42.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5F40
RGB	rgb(170, 95, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(18, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 27.57, 30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 41.37, 48.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.079 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.107 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5969, 17.1029, 7.0133)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5F40 #408BAA

analogous

#AA4056 #AA5F40 #AA9440

triadic

#AA5F40 #40AA5F #5F40AA

tetradic

#AA5F40 #56AA40 #408BAA #9440AA

square

#AA5F40 #56AA40 #408BAA #9440AA

split-complementary

#AA5F40 #40AA94 #4056AA

monochromatic

#512D1F #7E462F #AA5F40 #C47F63 #D5A48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#AA5F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#AA5F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5F40

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5F40	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73693D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 95, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.107 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88d75',
    500: '#aa5f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5f40;
$custom-light: #c88d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.547,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56541,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5F40

secondary

#86AFC0

accent

#AFD553

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5F40

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

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