#AE6438#AE6438

#AE6438 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.112 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6438
RGB	rgb(174, 100, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(22, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 25.96, 37.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 45.40, 55.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.0724 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.112 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7284, 18.4009, 6.0954)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6438 #3882AE

analogous

#AE3847 #AE6438 #AE9F38

triadic

#AE6438 #38AE64 #6438AE

tetradic

#AE6438 #47AE38 #3882AE #9F38AE

square

#AE6438 #47AE38 #3882AE #9F38AE

split-complementary

#AE6438 #38AE9F #3847AE

monochromatic

#512F1A #804929 #AE6438 #CA8359 #D9A688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#AE6438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#AE6438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6438

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6438	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)

#796D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE555A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 100, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.112 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9170',
    500: '#ae6438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6438;
$custom-light: #cb9170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.373,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57845,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6438

secondary

#7FA9C3

accent

#A6DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6438

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

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