#AA6231#AA6231

#AA6231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.113 H 52.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6231
RGB	rgb(170, 98, 49)
HSL	hsl(24, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(24, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 71.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.89, 24.96, 39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.89, 46.76, 57.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.0685 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.113 52.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5014, 17.5054, 5.1517)
Luminance	0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6231 #3179AA

analogous

#AA313C #AA6231 #AA9F31

triadic

#AA6231 #31AA62 #6231AA

tetradic

#AA6231 #3CAA31 #3179AA #9F31AA

square

#AA6231 #3CAA31 #3179AA #9F31AA

split-complementary

#AA6231 #31AA9F #313CAA

monochromatic

#4B2B16 #7A4723 #AA6231 #CC804D #D9A27C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#AA6231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#AA6231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA6231

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA6231	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 98, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.113 52.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88f6b',
    500: '#aa6231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6231;
$custom-light: #c88f6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.298,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56867,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 52.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6231

secondary

#75A3C2

accent

#A2DF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6231

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

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