#AE642D#AE642D

#AE642D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.118 H 54.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE642D
RGB	rgb(174, 100, 45)
HSL	hsl(26, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(26, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.86, 25.35, 42.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.86, 49.71, 59.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.0688 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.118 54.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4883, 18.3049, 4.8310)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE642D #2D77AE

analogous

#AE2D37 #AE642D #AEA42D

triadic

#AE642D #2DAE64 #642DAE

tetradic

#AE642D #37AE2D #2D77AE #A42DAE

square

#AE642D #37AE2D #2D77AE #A42DAE

split-complementary

#AE642D #2DAEA4 #2D37AE

monochromatic

#4D2C14 #7D4820 #AE642D #D08248 #DCA379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#AE642D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#AE642D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE642D

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE642D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE642D	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)

#7A6C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae642d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 100, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.118 54.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9169',
    500: '#ae642d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae642d;
$custom-light: #cc9169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae642d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.581,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57719,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 54.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE642D

secondary

#72A1C4

accent

#9FE246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE642D

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

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