#AE6838#AE6838

#AE6838 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.110 H 53.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6838
RGB	rgb(174, 104, 56)
HSL	hsl(24, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(24, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.91, 23.74, 38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.91, 45.06, 58.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.0657 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.11 53.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1215, 19.1871, 6.2264)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6838 #387EAE

analogous

#AE3843 #AE6838 #AEA338

triadic

#AE6838 #38AE68 #6838AE

tetradic

#AE6838 #43AE38 #387EAE #A338AE

square

#AE6838 #43AE38 #387EAE #A338AE

split-complementary

#AE6838 #38AEA3 #3843AE

monochromatic

#51311A #804C29 #AE6838 #CA8759 #D9A988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#AE6838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#AE6838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6838

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6838	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5A5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 104, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.110 53.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9370',
    500: '#ae6838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6838;
$custom-light: #cb9370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.407,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58559,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 53.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6838

secondary

#7FA7C3

accent

#A1DB4D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6838

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

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