#AE642B#AE642B

#AE642B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.119 H 54.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE642B
RGB	rgb(174, 100, 43)
HSL	hsl(26, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(26, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.85, 25.26, 43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.85, 50.48, 59.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.7% 0.0682 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(57.7% 0.119 54.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4507, 18.2898, 4.6330)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE642B #2B75AE

analogous

#AE2B33 #AE642B #AEA62B

triadic

#AE642B #2BAE64 #642BAE

tetradic

#AE642B #33AE2B #2B75AE #A62BAE

square

#AE642B #33AE2B #2B75AE #A62BAE

split-complementary

#AE642B #2BAEA6 #2B33AE

monochromatic

#4C2C13 #7D481F #AE642B #D18245 #DDA376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#AE642B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#AE642B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE642B

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE642B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE642B	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)

#7A6C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae642b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 100, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.119 54.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9168',
    500: '#ae642b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae642b;
$custom-light: #cc9168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae642b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.107,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.577,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 54.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE642B

secondary

#70A0C5

accent

#9EE444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE642B

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

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