#AE642C#AE642C

#AE642C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.118 H 54.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE642C
RGB	rgb(174, 100, 44)
HSL	hsl(26, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(26, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.85, 25.31, 43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.85, 50.09, 59.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.0685 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.118 54.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4693, 18.2973, 4.7308)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE642C #2C76AE

analogous

#AE2C35 #AE642C #AEA52C

triadic

#AE642C #2CAE64 #642CAE

tetradic

#AE642C #35AE2C #2C76AE #A52CAE

square

#AE642C #35AE2C #2C76AE #A52CAE

split-complementary

#AE642C #2CAEA5 #2C35AE

monochromatic

#4C2C13 #7D4820 #AE642C #D08247 #DDA378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#AE642C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#AE642C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE642C

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE642C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE642C	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)

#7A6C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae642c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 100, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.118 54.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9168',
    500: '#ae642c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae642c;
$custom-light: #cc9168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae642c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.846,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57709,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 54.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE642C

secondary

#71A1C5

accent

#9FE345

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE642C

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

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