#AA6236#AA6236

#AA6236 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.110 H 50.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6236
RGB	rgb(170, 98, 54)
HSL	hsl(23, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(23, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, 25.25, 36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 44.78, 55.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% 0.0702 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.11 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6128, 17.5500, 5.7386)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6236 #367EAA

analogous

#AA3644 #AA6236 #AA9C36

triadic

#AA6236 #36AA62 #6236AA

tetradic

#AA6236 #44AA36 #367EAA #9C36AA

square

#AA6236 #44AA36 #367EAA #9C36AA

split-complementary

#AA6236 #36AA9C #3644AA

monochromatic

#4D2C18 #7C4727 #AA6236 #C98154 #D8A383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#AA6236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#AA6236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA6236

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA6236	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 98, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.110 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88f6f',
    500: '#aa6236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6236;
$custom-light: #c88f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.759,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56927,
    "c": 0.11021,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6236

secondary

#7BA6C1

accent

#A5DB4D

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6236

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

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