#AE6239#AE6239

#AE6239 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.113 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6239
RGB	rgb(174, 98, 57)
HSL	hsl(21, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(21, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, 27.12, 36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 45.23, 53.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.0761 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.113 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5636, 18.0318, 6.1623)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6239 #3985AE

analogous

#AE394A #AE6239 #AE9D39

triadic

#AE6239 #39AE62 #6239AE

tetradic

#AE6239 #4AAE39 #3985AE #9D39AE

square

#AE6239 #4AAE39 #3985AE #9D39AE

split-complementary

#AE6239 #39AE9D #394AAE

monochromatic

#522E1B #80482A #AE6239 #C9825B #D8A589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#AE6239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#AE6239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6239

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6239	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 98, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.113 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8f71',
    500: '#ae6239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6239;
$custom-light: #cb8f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.026,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57507,
    "c": 0.11299,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6239

secondary

#80ABC3

accent

#A9DA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6239

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

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