#AA742E#AA742E

#AA742E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.109 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA742E
RGB	rgb(170, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(34, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(34, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, 14.70, 45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 47.90, 72.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.0376 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.109 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3178, 21.2361, 5.4552)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA742E #2E64AA

analogous

#AA362E #AA742E #A2AA2E

triadic

#AA742E #2EAA74 #742EAA

tetradic

#AA742E #2EAA36 #2E64AA #AA2EA2

square

#AA742E #2EAA36 #2E64AA #AA2EA2

split-complementary

#AA742E #2EA2AA #362EAA

monochromatic

#4A3214 #7A5321 #AA742E #CD9348 #DAB078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#AA742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#AA742E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA742E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA742E	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.109 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89c6b',
    500: '#aa742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa742e;
$custom-light: #c89c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.871,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60202,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA742E

secondary

#7195C3

accent

#8AE147

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA742E

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

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