#AE6236#AE6236

#AE6236 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.114 H 49.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6236
RGB	rgb(174, 98, 54)
HSL	hsl(22, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(22, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.50, 26.94, 37.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.50, 46.39, 54.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.075 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.114 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4910, 18.0028, 5.7798)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6236 #3682AE

analogous

#AE3646 #AE6236 #AE9E36

triadic

#AE6236 #36AE62 #6236AE

tetradic

#AE6236 #46AE36 #3682AE #9E36AE

square

#AE6236 #46AE36 #3682AE #9E36AE

split-complementary

#AE6236 #36AE9E #3646AE

monochromatic

#512D19 #7F4828 #AE6236 #CB8156 #D9A485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#AE6236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#AE6236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6236

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6236	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)

#776B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 98, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.114 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8f6f',
    500: '#ae6236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6236;
$custom-light: #cb8f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57469,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6236

secondary

#7DA9C3

accent

#A7DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6236

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

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