#AA642C#AA642C

#AA642C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.114 H 56.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA642C
RGB	rgb(170, 100, 44)
HSL	hsl(27, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(27, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 74.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.31, 23.59, 42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.31, 48.60, 60.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.0636 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.114 56.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5912, 17.8445, 4.6897)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA642C #2C72AA

analogous

#AA2C33 #AA642C #AAA32C

triadic

#AA642C #2CAA64 #642CAA

tetradic

#AA642C #33AA2C #2C72AA #A32CAA

square

#AA642C #33AA2C #2C72AA #A32CAA

split-complementary

#AA642C #2CAAA3 #2C33AA

monochromatic

#492B13 #79471F #AA642C #CF8244 #DBA375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#AA642C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#AA642C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA642C

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA642C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA642C	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa642c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 100, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.114 56.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99068',
    500: '#aa642c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa642c;
$custom-light: #c99068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa642c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57172,
    "c": 0.11419,
    "h": 56.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA642C

secondary

#6F9EC3

accent

#9DE246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA642C

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

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