HEX atlas value

#AA4C03

#AA4C03 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Rust. RGB 170, 76, 3, HSL 26° 97% 34%, luminance 0.1372; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm balanced

#AA4C03 Sample readable text

HEX #AA4C03

RGB rgb(170, 76, 3)

HSL hsl(26 97% 34%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 55, 98, 33)

Luminance 0.1372

Contrast Black 3.74:1White 5.61:1

CSS

--color-aa4c03: #AA4C03;
.background-aa4c03 { background-color: #AA4C03; }
.text-aa4c03 { color: #AA4C03; }

HEX meaning and use

About #AA4C03

#AA4C03 is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #AA4C03 is visually closest to Rust, a named orange color with HEX #B7410E.

The RGB channels are 170, 76, and 3, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 26deg with 97% saturation and 34% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.1372, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 20.27, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.74:1AA Fail

White text5.61:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #AA4C03 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.74:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF5.61:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#502401#502401 · #FFFFFF text · best 13.17:1 #ABA003#ABA003 · #000000 text · best 7.76:1 #FB750E#FB750E · #000000 text · best 7.65:1 #AB030E#AB030E · #FFFFFF text · best 7.64:1 Pompeian Red#A42A04 · #FFFFFF text · best 7.21:1

Generated Palette

#AA4C03#AA4C03

#0362AB#0362AB

#AB030E#AB030E

#ABA003#ABA003

#FB750E#FB750E

#502401#502401

Color Harmonies

#0362AB#0362AB

#AB030E#AB030E

#ABA003#ABA003

#03AB4B#03AB4B

#4B03AB#4B03AB

Variants

#FB750E#FB750E

#502401#502401

#AD4B00#AD4B00

#984E16#984E16

#EC8B41#EC8B41

#D65D00#D65D00

Nearest Named Colors

Rust#B7410E

Mahogany#C04000

Pompeian Red#A42A04

Burnt Orange#CC5500

Saddle Brown#8B4513

Luminance0.1372

Black text3.74:1AA Fail

White text5.61:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#AA4C03","rgb":[170,76,3],"hsl":[26,97,34],"cmyk":[0,55,98,33],"luminance":0.1372,"contrast":{"black":3.74,"white":5.61}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.74,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":5.61,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#502401","hex":"#502401","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.59,"contrastWhite":13.17,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#ABA003","hex":"#ABA003","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.76,"contrastWhite":2.71,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#FB750E","hex":"#FB750E","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.65,"contrastWhite":2.74,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#AB030E","hex":"#AB030E","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.75,"contrastWhite":7.64,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Pompeian Red","hex":"#A42A04","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.91,"contrastWhite":7.21,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","balanced","balanced orange","Rust adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/aa4c03.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/rust.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mahogany.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pompeian-red.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#0362AB","analogous":["#AB030E","#ABA003"],"triadic":["#03AB4B","#4B03AB"],"tetradic":["#0EAB03","#0362AB","#A003AB"],"splitComplementary":["#03ABA0","#030EAB"],"monochromatic":["#FB750E","#AA4C03","#502401"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FB750E","dark":"#502401","saturated":"#AD4B00","desaturated":"#984E16","pastel":"#EC8B41","neon":"#D65D00"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"rust","name":"Rust","hex":"#B7410E","distance":20.273134932713294},{"slug":"mahogany","name":"Mahogany","hex":"#C04000","distance":25.238858928247925},{"slug":"pompeian-red","name":"Pompeian Red","hex":"#A42A04","distance":34.539832078341085},{"slug":"burnt-orange","name":"Burnt Orange","hex":"#CC5500","distance":35.298725189445584},{"slug":"saddle-brown","name":"Saddle Brown","hex":"#8B4513","distance":35.58089374931439}]

#AA4C03

CSS

About #AA4C03

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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