#AA6E23#AA6E23

#AA6E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.115 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6E23
RGB	rgb(170, 110, 35)
HSL	hsl(33, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(33, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 79.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, 17.59, 48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 51.93, 70.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.0445 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.115 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4587, 19.8214, 4.2329)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6E23 #235FAA

analogous

#AA2A23 #AA6E23 #A3AA23

triadic

#AA6E23 #23AA6E #6E23AA

tetradic

#AA6E23 #23AA2A #235FAA #AA23A3

square

#AA6E23 #23AA2A #235FAA #AA23A3

split-complementary

#AA6E23 #23A3AA #2A23AA

monochromatic

#442C0E #774D19 #AA6E23 #D58E35 #E0AA68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#AA6E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#AA6E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA6E23

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA6E23	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	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)

#827317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA605F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 110, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.115 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99764',
    500: '#aa6e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6e23;
$custom-light: #c99764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58952,
    "c": 0.11532,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6E23

secondary

#638FC6

accent

#8AE93F

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6E23

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

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