#AE6539#AE6539

#AE6539 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.111 H 50.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6539
RGB	rgb(174, 101, 57)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(23, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 25.46, 36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 44.91, 55.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.0711 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.111 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8496, 18.6038, 6.2577)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6539 #3982AE

analogous

#AE3948 #AE6539 #AE9F39

triadic

#AE6539 #39AE65 #6539AE

tetradic

#AE6539 #48AE39 #3982AE #9F39AE

square

#AE6539 #48AE39 #3982AE #9F39AE

split-complementary

#AE6539 #39AE9F #3948AE

monochromatic

#522F1B #804A2A #AE6539 #C9845B #D8A789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#AE6539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#AE6539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6539

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6539	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)

#7A6E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE565B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 101, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.111 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9171',
    500: '#ae6539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6539;
$custom-light: #cb9171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.564,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58034,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6539

secondary

#80AAC3

accent

#A5DA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6539

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

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