#AE6426#AE6426

#AE6426 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.121 H 56.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6426
RGB	rgb(174, 100, 38)
HSL	hsl(27, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(27, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.80, 25.04, 45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.80, 52.37, 61.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% 0.0668 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.121 56.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3645, 18.2554, 4.1792)
Luminance	0.1825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6426 #2670AE

analogous

#AE262C #AE6426 #AEA826

triadic

#AE6426 #26AE64 #6426AE

tetradic

#AE6426 #2CAE26 #2670AE #A826AE

square

#AE6426 #2CAE26 #2670AE #A826AE

split-complementary

#AE6426 #26AEA8 #262CAE

monochromatic

#4A2A10 #7C471B #AE6426 #D5823D #E0A26F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#AE6426 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#AE6426 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6426

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6426	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6426	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)

#7A6C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6426;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 100, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.121 56.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9065',
    500: '#ae6426',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6426;
$custom-light: #cc9065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6426",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.353,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57655,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 56.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6426

secondary

#6A9CC6

accent

#9BE741

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6426

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

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