#AE6243#AE6243

#AE6243 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.108 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6243
RGB	rgb(174, 98, 67)
HSL	hsl(17, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.67, 27.80, 30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.67, 41.52, 47.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.0798 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.108 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8381, 18.1416, 7.6081)
Luminance	0.1814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6243 #438FAE

analogous

#AE435A #AE6243 #AE9743

triadic

#AE6243 #43AE62 #6243AE

tetradic

#AE6243 #5AAE43 #438FAE #9743AE

square

#AE6243 #5AAE43 #438FAE #9743AE

split-complementary

#AE6243 #43AE97 #435AAE

monochromatic

#563021 #824932 #AE6243 #C58469 #D6A895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#AE6243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#AE6243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6243

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6243	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE545B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 98, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.108 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8f78',
    500: '#ae6243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6243;
$custom-light: #cb8f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.383,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57652,
    "c": 0.10822,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6243

secondary

#8BB2C2

accent

#AFD454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6243

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

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