#AE6A23#AE6A23

#AE6A23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.120 H 62.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6A23
RGB	rgb(174, 106, 35)
HSL	hsl(31, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(31, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, 21.59, 48.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 53.20, 66.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% 0.0561 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.12 62)
XYZ	xyz(22.9149, 19.4304, 4.1334)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6A23 #2367AE

analogous

#AE2423 #AE6A23 #ACAE23

triadic

#AE6A23 #23AE6A #6A23AE

tetradic

#AE6A23 #23AE24 #2367AE #AE23AC

square

#AE6A23 #23AE24 #2367AE #AE23AC

split-complementary

#AE6A23 #23ACAE #2423AE

monochromatic

#482C0F #7B4B19 #AE6A23 #D78937 #E1A76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#AE6A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#AE6A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6A23

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6A23	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 106, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.120 62.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9563',
    500: '#ae6a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6a23;
$custom-light: #cc9563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.647,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58716,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 62
  },
  "luminance": 0.19428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6A23

secondary

#6695C7

accent

#92E93E

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6A23

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

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