#AA6540#AA6540

#AA6540 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.103 H 48.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6540
RGB	rgb(170, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(21, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.77, 24.24, 32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.77, 40.56, 53.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% 0.0689 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.103 48)
XYZ	xyz(22.1583, 18.2258, 7.2005)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6540 #4085AA

analogous

#AA4050 #AA6540 #AA9A40

triadic

#AA6540 #40AA65 #6540AA

tetradic

#AA6540 #50AA40 #4085AA #9A40AA

square

#AA6540 #50AA40 #4085AA #9A40AA

split-complementary

#AA6540 #40AA9A #4050AA

monochromatic

#51301F #7E4B2F #AA6540 #C48563 #D5A88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#AA6540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#AA6540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA6540

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA6540	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9585C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.103 48.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89176',
    500: '#aa6540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6540;
$custom-light: #c89176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.943,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57602,
    "c": 0.10299,
    "h": 48
  },
  "luminance": 0.18224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6540

secondary

#86ACC0

accent

#A8D553

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6540

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

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