#AE6235#AE6235

#AE6235 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.115 H 49.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6235
RGB	rgb(174, 98, 53)
HSL	hsl(22, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(22, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 26.88, 38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 46.77, 54.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.0747 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.115 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4677, 17.9935, 5.6573)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6235 #3581AE

analogous

#AE3545 #AE6235 #AE9F35

triadic

#AE6235 #35AE62 #6235AE

tetradic

#AE6235 #45AE35 #3581AE #9F35AE

square

#AE6235 #45AE35 #3581AE #9F35AE

split-complementary

#AE6235 #35AE9F #3545AE

monochromatic

#502D18 #7F4827 #AE6235 #CB8155 #DAA484

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#AE6235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#AE6235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6235

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6235	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 98, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.115 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8f6e',
    500: '#ae6235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6235;
$custom-light: #cb8f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.314,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57456,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6235

secondary

#7CA9C3

accent

#A7DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6235

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

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