#AE6226#AE6226

#AE6226 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.122 H 54.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6226
RGB	rgb(174, 98, 38)
HSL	hsl(26, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(26, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 26.14, 45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 52.51, 60.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% 0.07 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.122 54.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1751, 17.8764, 4.1161)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6226 #2672AE

analogous

#AE262E #AE6226 #AEA626

triadic

#AE6226 #26AE62 #6226AE

tetradic

#AE6226 #2EAE26 #2672AE #A626AE

square

#AE6226 #2EAE26 #2672AE #A626AE

split-complementary

#AE6226 #26AEA6 #262EAE

monochromatic

#4A2910 #7C461B #AE6226 #D5803D #E0A16F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#AE6226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#AE6226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE6226

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE6226	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 98, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.122 54.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8f64',
    500: '#ae6226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6226;
$custom-light: #cc8f64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.471,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57301,
    "c": 0.12187,
    "h": 54.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6226

secondary

#6A9DC6

accent

#9EE741

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6226

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

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