#AA6138#AA6138

#AA6138 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.110 H 48.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6138
RGB	rgb(170, 97, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(22, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.74, 25.92, 35.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.74, 44.10, 54.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.0726 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.11 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5678, 17.3832, 5.9601)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6138 #3881AA

analogous

#AA3848 #AA6138 #AA9A38

triadic

#AA6138 #38AA61 #6138AA

tetradic

#AA6138 #48AA38 #3881AA #9A38AA

square

#AA6138 #48AA38 #3881AA #9A38AA

split-complementary

#AA6138 #38AA9A #3848AA

monochromatic

#4E2C1A #7C4729 #AA6138 #C88057 #D7A385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#AA6138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#AA6138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA6138

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA6138	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 97, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.110 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88e70',
    500: '#aa6138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6138;
$custom-light: #c88e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.579,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56776,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6138

secondary

#7DA8C1

accent

#A8DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6138

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

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