#AE6537#AE6537

#AE6537 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.112 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6537
RGB	rgb(174, 101, 55)
HSL	hsl(23, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(23, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 25.34, 38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 45.70, 56.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.0704 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.112 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8007, 18.5842, 6.0000)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6537 #3780AE

analogous

#AE3745 #AE6537 #AEA037

triadic

#AE6537 #37AE65 #6537AE

tetradic

#AE6537 #45AE37 #3780AE #A037AE

square

#AE6537 #45AE37 #3780AE #A037AE

split-complementary

#AE6537 #37AEA0 #3745AE

monochromatic

#512F1A #7F4A28 #AE6537 #CA8458 #D9A686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#AE6537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#AE6537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6537

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6537	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE565B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 101, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.112 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb916f',
    500: '#ae6537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6537;
$custom-light: #cb916f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.193,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58009,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6537

secondary

#7EA8C3

accent

#A4DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6537

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

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