#AE6A37#AE6A37

#AE6A37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.109 H 55.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6A37
RGB	rgb(174, 106, 55)
HSL	hsl(26, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(26, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.36, 22.57, 39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.36, 45.35, 60.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% 0.062 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.109 55.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3010, 19.5849, 6.1668)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6A37 #377BAE

analogous

#AE3740 #AE6A37 #AEA537

triadic

#AE6A37 #37AE6A #6A37AE

tetradic

#AE6A37 #40AE37 #377BAE #A537AE

square

#AE6A37 #40AE37 #377BAE #A537AE

split-complementary

#AE6A37 #37AEA5 #3740AE

monochromatic

#51311A #7F4E28 #AE6A37 #CA8958 #D9AA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#AE6A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#AE6A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6A37

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6A37	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 106, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.109 55.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9570',
    500: '#ae6a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6a37;
$custom-light: #cb9570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58909,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 55.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6A37

secondary

#7EA5C3

accent

#9EDB4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6A37

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

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