#aa5a36

Color #aa5a36

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Sienna #a0522d · ΔE 3.43 Nearest Tailwind class amber-700 #bb4d00 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#aa5a36

RGB

rgb(170, 90, 54)

HSL

hsl(18.6, 51.8%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(18.6, 68.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 68.2%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(47.14, 29.64, 34.93)

LCH

lch(47.14, 45.81, 49.68)

OKLCH

oklch(55.5%, 0.1161, 43.92)

HWB

hwb(18.6, 21.2%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3686aa

Analogous

#aa364c

#aa5a36

#aa9436

Triadic

#aa5a36

#36aa5a

#5a36aa

Split-complementary

#aa5a36

#36aa94

#364caa

Tetradic

#aa5a36

#86aa36

#3686aa

#5a36aa

Square

#aa5a36

#4caa36

#3686aa

#9436aa

Shades

Color #aa5a36 mixed toward black.

#8e4b2d

#713c24

#552d1b

#391e12

#1c0f09

Tints

Color #aa5a36 mixed toward white.

#c6704a

#d18d6e

#dda992

#e8c6b7

#f4e2db

Tones

Color #aa5a36 mixed toward gray.

#a05e40

#976149

#8d6553

#83695d

#7a6c66

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.22:1

White text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8e41 · ΔE 31.4

Deuteranopia

#929843 · ΔE 34.8

Tritanopia

#a7484a · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa5a36;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa5a36]

Related colors

Sienna #a0522d

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Seashell #fff5ee

Frequently asked questions

#aa5a36 (#aa5a36) is rgb(170, 90, 54) in RGB.

No, #aa5a36 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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