#AE6A36#AE6A36

#AE6A36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.110 H 55.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6A36
RGB	rgb(174, 106, 54)
HSL	hsl(26, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(26, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, 22.51, 39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 45.76, 60.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% 0.0617 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.11 55.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2773, 19.5754, 6.0419)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6A36 #367AAE

analogous

#AE363E #AE6A36 #AEA636

triadic

#AE6A36 #36AE6A #6A36AE

tetradic

#AE6A36 #3EAE36 #367AAE #A636AE

square

#AE6A36 #3EAE36 #367AAE #A636AE

split-complementary

#AE6A36 #36AEA6 #363EAE

monochromatic

#513119 #7F4E28 #AE6A36 #CB8956 #D9AA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#AE6A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#AE6A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6A36

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6A36	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)

#7E7131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 106, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.110 55.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb956f',
    500: '#ae6a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6a36;
$custom-light: #cb956f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58898,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 55.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6A36

secondary

#7DA5C3

accent

#9EDC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6A36

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

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