#AE6424#AE6424

#AE6424 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.122 H 57.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6424
RGB	rgb(174, 100, 36)
HSL	hsl(28, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(28, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.79, 24.96, 46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.79, 53.10, 61.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% 0.0662 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.122 57)
XYZ	xyz(22.3331, 18.2428, 4.0138)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6424 #246EAE

analogous

#AE2429 #AE6424 #AEA924

triadic

#AE6424 #24AE64 #6424AE

tetradic

#AE6424 #29AE24 #246EAE #A924AE

square

#AE6424 #29AE24 #246EAE #A924AE

split-complementary

#AE6424 #24AEA9 #2429AE

monochromatic

#492A0F #7B471A #AE6424 #D68239 #E1A26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#AE6424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#AE6424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6424

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6424	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 100, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.122 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9063',
    500: '#ae6424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6424;
$custom-light: #cc9063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.826,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57638,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.1824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6424

secondary

#679AC7

accent

#9AE93F

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C05

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6424

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

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