#AE6638#AE6638

#AE6638 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.111 H 51.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6638
RGB	rgb(174, 102, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(23, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.4%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 24.85, 37.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 45.21, 56.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% 0.069 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.111 51.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9226, 18.7893, 6.1601)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6638 #3880AE

analogous

#AE3845 #AE6638 #AEA138

triadic

#AE6638 #38AE66 #6638AE

tetradic

#AE6638 #45AE38 #3880AE #A138AE

square

#AE6638 #45AE38 #3880AE #A138AE

split-complementary

#AE6638 #38AEA1 #3845AE

monochromatic

#51301A #804B29 #AE6638 #CA8559 #D9A788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#AE6638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#AE6638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6638

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6638	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE575C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 102, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.111 51.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9270',
    500: '#ae6638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6638;
$custom-light: #cb9270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.39,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.582,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 51.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6638

secondary

#7FA8C3

accent

#A4DB4D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6638

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

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