#AA6940#AA6940

#AA6940 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.101 H 51.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6940
RGB	rgb(170, 105, 64)
HSL	hsl(23, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(23, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.2%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 22.01, 33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 40.21, 56.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% 0.0621 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.101 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5562, 19.0215, 7.3331)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6940 #4081AA

analogous

#AA404C #AA6940 #AA9E40

triadic

#AA6940 #40AA69 #6940AA

tetradic

#AA6940 #4CAA40 #4081AA #9E40AA

square

#AA6940 #4CAA40 #4081AA #9E40AA

split-complementary

#AA6940 #40AA9E #404CAA

monochromatic

#51321F #7E4E2F #AA6940 #C48963 #D5AA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#AA6940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#AA6940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA6940

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA6940	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 105, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.101 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79476',
    500: '#aa6940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6940;
$custom-light: #c79476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.208,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58329,
    "c": 0.10054,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6940

secondary

#86AAC0

accent

#A3D553

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F1ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6940

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

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