#AE6036#AE6036

#AE6036 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.116 H 47.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6036
RGB	rgb(174, 96, 54)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(21, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.05, 28.03, 37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.05, 46.62, 53.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.0783 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.116 47.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3062, 17.6332, 5.7182)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6036 #3684AE

analogous

#AE3648 #AE6036 #AE9C36

triadic

#AE6036 #36AE60 #6036AE

tetradic

#AE6036 #48AE36 #3684AE #9C36AE

square

#AE6036 #48AE36 #3684AE #9C36AE

split-complementary

#AE6036 #36AE9C #3648AE

monochromatic

#512C19 #7F4628 #AE6036 #CB7F56 #D9A385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#AE6036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#AE6036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE6036

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE6036	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 96, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.116 47.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8e6f',
    500: '#ae6036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6036;
$custom-light: #cb8e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57122,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 47.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6036

secondary

#7DAAC3

accent

#AADC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6036

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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