#AE6A28#AE6A28

#AE6A28 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.117 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6A28
RGB	rgb(174, 106, 40)
HSL	hsl(30, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(30, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, 21.80, 46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 51.34, 64.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.0574 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.117 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9945, 19.4623, 4.5527)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6A28 #286CAE

analogous

#AE2829 #AE6A28 #AEAD28

triadic

#AE6A28 #28AE6A #6A28AE

tetradic

#AE6A28 #29AE28 #286CAE #AD28AE

square

#AE6A28 #29AE28 #286CAE #AD28AE

split-complementary

#AE6A28 #28AEAD #2829AE

monochromatic

#4A2D11 #7C4C1D #AE6A28 #D38940 #DFA772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#AE6A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#AE6A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6A28

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6A28	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)

#7F711F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 106, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.117 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9566',
    500: '#ae6a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6a28;
$custom-light: #cc9566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.552,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58756,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6A28

secondary

#6C9AC6

accent

#95E642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6A28

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

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