#AE6A27#AE6A27

#AE6A27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.118 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6A27
RGB	rgb(174, 106, 39)
HSL	hsl(30, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(30, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, 21.75, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 51.72, 65.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.0571 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.118 61)
XYZ	xyz(22.9777, 19.4556, 4.4643)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6A27 #276BAE

analogous

#AE2728 #AE6A27 #AEAE27

triadic

#AE6A27 #27AE6A #6A27AE

tetradic

#AE6A27 #28AE27 #276BAE #AE27AE

square

#AE6A27 #28AE27 #276BAE #AE27AE

split-complementary

#AE6A27 #27AEAE #2728AE

monochromatic

#4A2D11 #7C4C1C #AE6A27 #D4893E #DFA770

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#AE6A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#AE6A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6A27

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6A27	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	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)

#7F711E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 106, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.118 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9566',
    500: '#ae6a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6a27;
$custom-light: #cc9566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.778,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58747,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.19453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6A27

secondary

#6B99C6

accent

#95E641

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6A27

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

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