#AE6437#AE6437

#AE6437 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.113 H 50.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6437
RGB	rgb(174, 100, 55)
HSL	hsl(23, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(23, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 25.89, 37.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 45.79, 55.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.072 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.113 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7042, 18.3912, 5.9679)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6437 #3781AE

analogous

#AE3746 #AE6437 #AE9F37

triadic

#AE6437 #37AE64 #6437AE

tetradic

#AE6437 #46AE37 #3781AE #9F37AE

square

#AE6437 #46AE37 #3781AE #9F37AE

split-complementary

#AE6437 #37AE9F #3746AE

monochromatic

#512F1A #7F4928 #AE6437 #CA8358 #D9A686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#AE6437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#AE6437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6437

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6437	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE555A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 100, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.113 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb916f',
    500: '#ae6437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6437;
$custom-light: #cb916f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.689,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57832,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6437

secondary

#7EA9C3

accent

#A5DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6437

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

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