#AA6A42#AA6A42

#AA6A42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.099 H 51.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6A42
RGB	rgb(170, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(23, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 21.59, 32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 39.33, 56.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% 0.0612 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.099 51.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7165, 19.2496, 7.6724)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6A42 #4282AA

analogous

#AA424E #AA6A42 #AA9E42

triadic

#AA6A42 #42AA6A #6A42AA

tetradic

#AA6A42 #4EAA42 #4282AA #9E42AA

square

#AA6A42 #4EAA42 #4282AA #9E42AA

split-complementary

#AA6A42 #42AA9E #424EAA

monochromatic

#523320 #7E4F31 #AA6A42 #C38A66 #D5AB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#AA6A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#AA6A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA6A42

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA6A42	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.099 51.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79577',
    500: '#aa6a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6a42;
$custom-light: #c79577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58543,
    "c": 0.0988,
    "h": 51.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6A42

secondary

#88AAC0

accent

#A3D454

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F1ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140D09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6A42

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

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