#AA6037#AA6037

#AA6037 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.111 H 48.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6037
RGB	rgb(170, 96, 55)
HSL	hsl(21, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 26.41, 35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 44.60, 53.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% 0.074 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.111 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4518, 17.1899, 5.8020)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6037 #3781AA

analogous

#AA3748 #AA6037 #AA9A37

triadic

#AA6037 #37AA60 #6037AA

tetradic

#AA6037 #48AA37 #3781AA #9A37AA

square

#AA6037 #48AA37 #3781AA #9A37AA

split-complementary

#AA6037 #37AA9A #3748AA

monochromatic

#4E2C19 #7C4628 #AA6037 #C87F56 #D7A284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#AA6037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#AA6037 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA6037

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA6037	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 96, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.111 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88e6f',
    500: '#aa6037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6037;
$custom-light: #c88e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.391,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56587,
    "c": 0.11104,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6037

secondary

#7CA8C1

accent

#A8DB4D

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6037

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

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