#AE6237#AE6237

#AE6237 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.114 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6237
RGB	rgb(174, 98, 55)
HSL	hsl(22, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(22, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 27.00, 37.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 46.00, 54.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.0754 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.114 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5147, 18.0123, 5.9047)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6237 #3783AE

analogous

#AE3747 #AE6237 #AE9E37

triadic

#AE6237 #37AE62 #6237AE

tetradic

#AE6237 #47AE37 #3783AE #9E37AE

square

#AE6237 #47AE37 #3783AE #9E37AE

split-complementary

#AE6237 #37AE9E #3747AE

monochromatic

#512E1A #7F4828 #AE6237 #CA8158 #D9A486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#AE6237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#AE6237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6237

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6237	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#776B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 98, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.114 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8f6f',
    500: '#ae6237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6237;
$custom-light: #cb8f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.681,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57481,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6237

secondary

#7EAAC3

accent

#A8DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6237

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

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