#AA6040#AA6040

#AA6040 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.107 H 43.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6040
RGB	rgb(170, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(18, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 27.02, 31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 41.21, 49.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% 0.0773 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.107 43.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6875, 17.2842, 7.0435)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6040 #408AAA

analogous

#AA4055 #AA6040 #AA9540

triadic

#AA6040 #40AA60 #6040AA

tetradic

#AA6040 #55AA40 #408AAA #9540AA

square

#AA6040 #55AA40 #408AAA #9540AA

split-complementary

#AA6040 #40AA95 #4055AA

monochromatic

#512E1F #7E472F #AA6040 #C48063 #D5A48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#AA6040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#AA6040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA6040

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA6040	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.107 43.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88e75',
    500: '#aa6040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6040;
$custom-light: #c88e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.113,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56715,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 43.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6040

secondary

#86AEC0

accent

#AED553

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6040

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

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