#AA6E1B#AA6E1B

#AA6E1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.119 H 68.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6E1B
RGB	rgb(170, 110, 27)
HSL	hsl(35, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(35, 84%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 84.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 17.31, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 54.69, 71.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% 0.0428 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.119 68.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3531, 19.7792, 3.6772)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6E1B #1B57AA

analogous

#AA261B #AA6E1B #9EAA1B

triadic

#AA6E1B #1BAA6E #6E1BAA

tetradic

#AA6E1B #1BAA26 #1B57AA #AA1B9E

square

#AA6E1B #1BAA26 #1B57AA #AA1B9E

split-complementary

#AA6E1B #1B9EAA #261BAA

monochromatic

#402A0A #754C13 #AA6E1B #DC9026 #E5AB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#AA6E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#AA6E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA6E1B

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA6E1B	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827208

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90811D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 110, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.119 68.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99760',
    500: '#aa6e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6e1b;
$custom-light: #c99760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.825,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58899,
    "c": 0.11884,
    "h": 68.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6E1B

secondary

#5887C9

accent

#85EF39

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FAF2EA

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6E1B

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

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