#AA4400Pepperoni (#AA4400) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 45°, lightness 0.52 and chroma 0.149. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #AA4400 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 68, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(24, 100%, 33%) |
| HSV | hsv(24, 100%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60%, 100%, 33%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(42.3 39.3 52.9) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.517 0.149 45) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Pepperoni shifts subtly: leans toward pink; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: drifts toward orange. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#ab4000 — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward pink#ad4300 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#aa4400 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#aa4501 — ΔE 0.2, shifts subtly: drifts toward orangeTest Pepperoni in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 5.94:1 and against black 3.54:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#f9a580 · #d67a50 · #aa4400 · #823200 · #501b00 · #240600
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#b3812c · #b06407 · #aa4400 · #952f26 · #7c1f33 · #621338
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#d2c486 · #bea300 · #928650 · #aa4400 · #7f3000 · #571e00
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#00cbff · #a08072 · #aa4400 · #6d3a22 · #4a1e08 · #250a00
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e4f5fc · #927d74 · #aa4400 · #465156 · #2e1a12 · #000204
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e7f4fa · #beced4 · #92a3aa · #172d36 · #000b13 · #aa4400
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#e0f6ff · #0090b6 · #aa4400 · #005870 · #002531 · #220500
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e0f6ff · #009595 · #aa4400 · #004d99 · #002626 · #00051c
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d7fcea · #219870 · #aa4400 · #4a3c9b · #1f0958 · #000502
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e5f9db · #639245 · #aa4400 · #005870 · #350047 · #00050b
#BC6135 · #CE7D58 · #DF997A · #EFB59B · #FFD1BD
#8E3700 · #732B00 · #591F00 · #411300 · #2A0800
#9E4F29 · #91573D · #835E4E
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.