#AE6942#AE6942

#AE6942 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.104 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6942
RGB	rgb(174, 105, 66)
HSL	hsl(22, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(22, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.26, 23.85, 33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.26, 40.99, 54.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% 0.0677 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.104 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4922, 19.4974, 7.6794)
Luminance	0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6942 #4287AE

analogous

#AE4251 #AE6942 #AE9F42

triadic

#AE6942 #42AE69 #6942AE

tetradic

#AE6942 #51AE42 #4287AE #9F42AE

square

#AE6942 #51AE42 #4287AE #9F42AE

split-complementary

#AE6942 #42AE9F #4251AE

monochromatic

#553320 #824E31 #AE6942 #C68A68 #D6AC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#AE6942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#AE6942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6942

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6942	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 105, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.104 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9477',
    500: '#ae6942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6942;
$custom-light: #ca9477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58875,
    "c": 0.10364,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6942

secondary

#8AAEC2

accent

#A6D553

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6942

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

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