#AE6231#AE6231

#AE6231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.117 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6231
RGB	rgb(174, 98, 49)
HSL	hsl(24, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(24, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.45, 26.66, 40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.45, 48.33, 56.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% 0.0733 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.117 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3795, 17.9582, 5.1928)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6231 #317DAE

analogous

#AE313E #AE6231 #AEA031

triadic

#AE6231 #31AE62 #6231AE

tetradic

#AE6231 #3EAE31 #317DAE #A031AE

square

#AE6231 #3EAE31 #317DAE #A031AE

split-complementary

#AE6231 #31AEA0 #313EAE

monochromatic

#4E2C16 #7E4724 #AE6231 #CD804F #DBA37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#AE6231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#AE6231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6231

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6231	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 98, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.117 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8f6b',
    500: '#ae6231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6231;
$custom-light: #cc8f6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.52,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5741,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6231

secondary

#77A6C4

accent

#A4DF48

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6231

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

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