#AA6A23#AA6A23

#AA6A23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.116 H 63.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6A23
RGB	rgb(170, 106, 35)
HSL	hsl(32, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(32, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 79.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 19.83, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 51.88, 67.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% 0.0512 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.116 63.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0368, 18.9777, 4.0923)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6A23 #2363AA

analogous

#AA2723 #AA6A23 #A6AA23

triadic

#AA6A23 #23AA6A #6A23AA

tetradic

#AA6A23 #23AA27 #2363AA #AA23A6

square

#AA6A23 #23AA27 #2363AA #AA23A6

split-complementary

#AA6A23 #23A6AA #2723AA

monochromatic

#442B0E #774A19 #AA6A23 #D58935 #E0A768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#AA6A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#AA6A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA6A23

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA6A23	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	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)

#7E7018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 106, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.116 63.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99463',
    500: '#aa6a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6a23;
$custom-light: #c99463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.556,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58196,
    "c": 0.11625,
    "h": 63.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6A23

secondary

#6392C6

accent

#8FE93F

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6A23

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

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