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#AA4608 Color

#AA4608 is rgb(170, 70, 8) in RGB, hsl(23, 91%, 35%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 59%, 95%, 33%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Metallic Brown (#AC4313), very hard to tell apart at ΔE 4.04. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#AA4608
HEX#AA4608
RGBrgb(170, 70, 8)
HSLhsl(23, 91%, 35%)
HSVhsv(23, 95%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 59%, 95%, 33%)
OKLCHoklch(52% 0.146 44.7)
LABlab(43.28% 40.05 51.72)
LCHlch(43.28% 65.41 52.25)

What #AA4608 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #AA4608, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every brown in the library.

#AA4608 Channel Values

How #AA4608 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 170 · G 70 · B 88-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 23° · S 91% · L 35%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 23° · S 95% · V 67%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 59% · Y 95% · K 33%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance5.85:1 vs white · 3.59:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #AA4608 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text5.85:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text3.59:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #AA4608

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #AA4608; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #AA4608

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #AA4608.

How #AA4608 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#AA4608
Protanopia#616103
Protanomaly#845705
Deuteranopia#747400
Deuteranomaly#8D6500
Tritanopia#AB4242
Tritanomaly#AB4333
Achromatopsia#656565

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #AA4608 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-aa4608: #AA4608;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #AA4608;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-aa4608': '#AA4608' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.667, green: 0.275, blue: 0.031)
Android XML<color name="color_aa4608">#AA4608</color>
SVG fillfill="#AA4608"

More Brown Colors

#AA4608 sits in the brown family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#AA4608 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #AA4608?

#AA4608 is a dark brown — rgb(170, 70, 8) in RGB and hsl(23, 91%, 35%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Metallic Brown (#AC4313), which is very hard to tell apart at a CIE76 distance of 4.04.

What is the RGB value of #AA4608?

#AA4608 is rgb(170, 70, 8) — red 170, green 70, and blue 8 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #AA4608?

#AA4608 converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 59%, 95%, 33%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #AA4608 be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #AA4608 scores 5.85:1 against white and 3.59:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #AA4608 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #AA4608 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is chocolate (#D2691E) at a CIE76 distance of 14.59, which is visibly different.

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