#AE642A#AE642A

#AE642A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.119 H 55.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE642A
RGBrgb(174, 100, 42)
HSLhsl(26, 61%, 42%)
HSVhsv(26, 76%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 42.5%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(49.84, 25.21, 44.17)
CIE-LCHlch(49.84, 50.86, 60.28°)
OKLaboklab(57.69% 0.0679 0.0978)
OKLCHoklch(57.69% 0.119 55.2)
XYZxyz(22.4326, 18.2826, 4.5376)
Luminance0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE642A #2A74AE
analogous
#AE2A32 #AE642A #AEA62A
triadic
#AE642A #2AAE64 #642AAE
tetradic
#AE642A #32AE2A #2A74AE #A62AAE
square
#AE642A #32AE2A #2A74AE #A62AAE
split-complementary
#AE642A #2AAEA6 #2A32AE
monochromatic
#4B2B12 #7D481E #AE642A #D28243 #DEA375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51
#AE642A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66
#AE642A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE642A
4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE642A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AE642A1.004.514.664.66
#FFFFFF4.511.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6621.001.001.00
##0000004.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7A6C23
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8B7D2A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BE5458
Achromatopsia (no color)
#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae642a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 100, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.119 55.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9167',
    500: '#ae642a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae642a;
$custom-light: #cc9167;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae642a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.364,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5769,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE642A
secondary
#6F9FC5
accent
#9EE444
background
#FDF8F6
surface
#FAF0EB
border
#D3CBC6
text
#140C06
muted
#837D7A

Preview Lab

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#AE642A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva