#AA6E38#AA6E38

#AA6E38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.103 H 60.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6E38
RGB	rgb(170, 110, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(28, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 18.65, 39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 43.41, 64.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.0508 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.103 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8690, 19.9855, 6.3938)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6E38 #3874AA

analogous

#AA383B #AA6E38 #AAA738

triadic

#AA6E38 #38AA6E #6E38AA

tetradic

#AA6E38 #3BAA38 #3874AA #A738AA

square

#AA6E38 #3BAA38 #3874AA #A738AA

split-complementary

#AA6E38 #38AAA7 #383BAA

monochromatic

#4E321A #7C5029 #AA6E38 #C88D57 #D7AC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#AA6E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#AA6E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA6E38

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA6E38	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96162

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 110, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.103 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89771',
    500: '#aa6e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6e38;
$custom-light: #c89771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.421,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59156,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6E38

secondary

#7DA1C1

accent

#98DA4E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EC

border

#D2CCC7

text

#140D08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6E38

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

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