#AE6A40#AE6A40

#AE6A40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.104 H 51.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6A40
RGB	rgb(174, 106, 64)
HSL	hsl(23, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(23, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, 23.15, 34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 41.70, 56.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% 0.0652 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.104 51.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5367, 19.6792, 7.4084)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6A40 #4084AE

analogous

#AE404D #AE6A40 #AEA140

triadic

#AE6A40 #40AE6A #6A40AE

tetradic

#AE6A40 #4DAE40 #4084AE #A140AE

square

#AE6A40 #4DAE40 #4084AE #A140AE

split-complementary

#AE6A40 #40AEA1 #404DAE

monochromatic

#55331F #814F30 #AE6A40 #C68A65 #D7AC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#AE6A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#AE6A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6A40

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6A40	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D723C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 106, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.104 51.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9576',
    500: '#ae6a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6a40;
$custom-light: #ca9576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.909,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59028,
    "c": 0.10416,
    "h": 51.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6A40

secondary

#88ACC2

accent

#A3D652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6A40

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

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