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#AA610E Color

#AA610E is rgb(170, 97, 14) in RGB, hsl(32, 85%, 36%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 43%, 92%, 33%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Light Brown (#B5651D), very hard to tell apart at ΔE 4.33. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#AA610E
HEX#AA610E
RGBrgb(170, 97, 14)
HSLhsl(32, 85%, 36%)
HSVhsv(32, 92%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 43%, 92%, 33%)
OKLCHoklch(56.4% 0.127 60.8)
LABlab(48.93% 26.54 53.75)
LCHlch(48.93% 59.94 63.72)

What #AA610E 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 #AA610E, 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.

#AA610E Channel Values

How #AA610E 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 97 · B 148-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 32° · S 85% · L 36%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 32° · S 92% · V 67%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 43% · Y 92% · K 33%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance4.75:1 vs white · 4.43:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #AA610E 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 text4.75:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text4.43:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #AA610E

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #AA610E; 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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Tints & Shades of #AA610E

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.

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Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #AA610E.

How #AA610E 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#AA610E
Protanopia#72720A
Protanomaly#8C6B0C
Deuteranopia#7F7F00
Deuteranomaly#927400
Tritanopia#AD5B5B
Tritanomaly#AC5E48
Achromatopsia#737373

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #AA610E in Code

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

CSS custom property--color-aa610e: #AA610E;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #AA610E;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-aa610e': '#AA610E' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.667, green: 0.380, blue: 0.055)
Android XML<color name="color_aa610e">#AA610E</color>
SVG fillfill="#AA610E"

More Brown Colors

#AA610E sits in the brown family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#AA610E Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #AA610E?

#AA610E is a dark brown — rgb(170, 97, 14) in RGB and hsl(32, 85%, 36%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Light Brown (#B5651D), which is very hard to tell apart at a CIE76 distance of 4.33.

What is the RGB value of #AA610E?

#AA610E is rgb(170, 97, 14) — red 170, green 97, and blue 14 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #AA610E?

#AA610E converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 43%, 92%, 33%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #AA610E be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #AA610E scores 4.75:1 against white and 4.43:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #AA610E as a CSS color keyword?

No. #AA610E 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 peru (#CD853F) at a CIE76 distance of 14.58, which is visibly different.

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