#AA6836#AA6836

#AA6836 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.107 H 55.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6836
RGB	rgb(170, 104, 54)
HSL	hsl(26, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(26, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 21.90, 38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 44.36, 60.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.0602 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.107 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1954, 18.7152, 5.9328)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6836 #3678AA

analogous

#AA363E #AA6836 #AAA236

triadic

#AA6836 #36AA68 #6836AA

tetradic

#AA6836 #3EAA36 #3678AA #A236AA

square

#AA6836 #3EAA36 #3678AA #A236AA

split-complementary

#AA6836 #36AAA2 #363EAA

monochromatic

#4D2F18 #7C4C27 #AA6836 #C98754 #D8A783

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#AA6836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#AA6836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA6836

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA6836	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95A5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 104, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.107 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8936f',
    500: '#aa6836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6836;
$custom-light: #c8936f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.862,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58012,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6836

secondary

#7BA3C1

accent

#9EDB4D

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F1EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6836

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

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