#AE6A35#AE6A35

#AE6A35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.110 H 56.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6A35
RGB	rgb(174, 106, 53)
HSL	hsl(26, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(26, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 22.45, 40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 46.17, 60.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% 0.0613 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.11 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2540, 19.5661, 5.9194)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6A35 #3579AE

analogous

#AE353D #AE6A35 #AEA735

triadic

#AE6A35 #35AE6A #6A35AE

tetradic

#AE6A35 #3DAE35 #3579AE #A735AE

square

#AE6A35 #3DAE35 #3579AE #A735AE

split-complementary

#AE6A35 #35AEA7 #353DAE

monochromatic

#503118 #7F4D27 #AE6A35 #CB8955 #DAA984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#AE6A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#AE6A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6A35

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6A35	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E712F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 106, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.110 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb956e',
    500: '#ae6a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6a35;
$custom-light: #cb956e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.281,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58886,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6A35

secondary

#7CA4C3

accent

#9DDD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6A35

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

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