#AA6237#AA6237

#AA6237 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.110 H 49.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6237
RGB	rgb(170, 98, 55)
HSL	hsl(22, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(22, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.96, 25.31, 36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.96, 44.39, 55.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.0706 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.11 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6366, 17.5595, 5.8636)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6237 #377FAA

analogous

#AA3746 #AA6237 #AA9C37

triadic

#AA6237 #37AA62 #6237AA

tetradic

#AA6237 #46AA37 #377FAA #9C37AA

square

#AA6237 #46AA37 #377FAA #9C37AA

split-complementary

#AA6237 #37AA9C #3746AA

monochromatic

#4E2D19 #7C4728 #AA6237 #C88156 #D7A384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#AA6237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#AA6237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA6237

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA6237	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 98, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.110 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88f6f',
    500: '#aa6237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6237;
$custom-light: #c88f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.435,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5694,
    "c": 0.10971,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6237

secondary

#7CA7C1

accent

#A6DB4D

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6237

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

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