#AA6038#AA6038

#AA6038 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.111 H 47.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6038
RGB	rgb(170, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 26.48, 35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 44.22, 53.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% 0.0743 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.111 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4760, 17.1996, 5.9295)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6038 #3882AA

analogous

#AA3849 #AA6038 #AA9938

triadic

#AA6038 #38AA60 #6038AA

tetradic

#AA6038 #49AA38 #3882AA #9938AA

square

#AA6038 #49AA38 #3882AA #9938AA

split-complementary

#AA6038 #38AA99 #3849AA

monochromatic

#4E2C1A #7C4629 #AA6038 #C87F57 #D7A285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#AA6038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#AA6038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA6038

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA6038	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)

#746934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.111 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88e70',
    500: '#aa6038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6038;
$custom-light: #c88e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.053,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.566,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6038

secondary

#7DA9C1

accent

#A9DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6038

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

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