#AA6227#AA6227

#AA6227 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.118 H 56.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6227
RGB	rgb(170, 98, 39)
HSL	hsl(27, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(27, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 24.47, 44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 50.65, 61.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.0655 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.118 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3133, 17.4302, 4.1610)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6227 #276FAA

analogous

#AA272D #AA6227 #AAA327

triadic

#AA6227 #27AA62 #6227AA

tetradic

#AA6227 #2DAA27 #276FAA #A327AA

square

#AA6227 #2DAA27 #276FAA #A327AA

split-complementary

#AA6227 #27AAA3 #272DAA

monochromatic

#462910 #78451C #AA6227 #D2803C #DEA06E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#AA6227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#AA6227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA6227

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA6227	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 98, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.118 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98f65',
    500: '#aa6227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6227;
$custom-light: #c98f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.023,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56766,
    "c": 0.11759,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6227

secondary

#699BC4

accent

#9CE642

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6227

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

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