#AE6342#AE6342

#AE6342 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.108 H 43.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6342
RGB	rgb(174, 99, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.1%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 27.17, 31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 41.73, 49.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.0777 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.108 43.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9025, 18.3181, 7.4828)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6342 #428DAE

analogous

#AE4257 #AE6342 #AE9942

triadic

#AE6342 #42AE63 #6342AE

tetradic

#AE6342 #57AE42 #428DAE #9942AE

square

#AE6342 #57AE42 #428DAE #9942AE

split-complementary

#AE6342 #42AE99 #4257AE

monochromatic

#553120 #824A31 #AE6342 #C68468 #D6A894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#AE6342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#AE6342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6342

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6342	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE555B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 99, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.108 43.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9077',
    500: '#ae6342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6342;
$custom-light: #cb9077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5781,
    "c": 0.10789,
    "h": 43.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6342

secondary

#8AB1C2

accent

#ADD553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6342

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

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