#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
RGB	rgb(174, 100, 42)
HSL	hsl(26, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(26, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 25.21, 44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 50.86, 60.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.0679 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.119 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4326, 18.2826, 4.5376)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##AE642A	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	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)

#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

Preview with #AE642A

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

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