#AA6942#AA6942

#AA6942 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.099 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6942
RGB	rgb(170, 105, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(23, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.2%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, 22.16, 32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 39.40, 55.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% 0.0629 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.099 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6141, 19.0447, 7.6382)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6942 #4283AA

analogous

#AA424F #AA6942 #AA9D42

triadic

#AA6942 #42AA69 #6942AA

tetradic

#AA6942 #4FAA42 #4283AA #9D42AA

square

#AA6942 #4FAA42 #4283AA #9D42AA

split-complementary

#AA6942 #42AA9D #424FAA

monochromatic

#523320 #7E4E31 #AA6942 #C38966 #D5AB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#AA6942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#AA6942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA6942

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA6942	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 105, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.099 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79477',
    500: '#aa6942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6942;
$custom-light: #c79477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58359,
    "c": 0.09936,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6942

secondary

#88ABC0

accent

#A4D454

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F1ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140D09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6942

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

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