#AE6137#AE6137

#AE6137 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.115 H 47.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6137
RGB	rgb(174, 97, 55)
HSL	hsl(21, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.3%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 27.54, 36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 46.12, 53.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% 0.077 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.115 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4217, 17.8263, 5.8737)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6137 #3784AE

analogous

#AE3749 #AE6137 #AE9C37

triadic

#AE6137 #37AE61 #6137AE

tetradic

#AE6137 #49AE37 #3784AE #9C37AE

square

#AE6137 #49AE37 #3784AE #9C37AE

split-complementary

#AE6137 #37AE9C #3749AE

monochromatic

#512D1A #7F4728 #AE6137 #CA8058 #D9A486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#AE6137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#AE6137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE6137

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE6137	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 97, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.115 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8f6f',
    500: '#ae6137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6137;
$custom-light: #cb8f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.176,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57307,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6137

secondary

#7EABC3

accent

#A9DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6137

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

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