#AE6A48#AE6A48

#AE6A48 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.100 H 46.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6A48
RGB	rgb(174, 106, 72)
HSL	hsl(20, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(20, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, 23.75, 30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 38.58, 52.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.0683 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.1 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7809, 19.7769, 8.6945)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6A48 #488CAE

analogous

#AE4859 #AE6A48 #AE9D48

triadic

#AE6A48 #48AE6A #6A48AE

tetradic

#AE6A48 #59AE48 #488CAE #9D48AE

square

#AE6A48 #59AE48 #488CAE #9D48AE

split-complementary

#AE6A48 #48AE9D #4859AE

monochromatic

#573524 #835036 #AE6A48 #C48C70 #D6AE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#AE6A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#AE6A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6A48

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6A48	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 106, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.100 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca957b',
    500: '#ae6a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6a48;
$custom-light: #ca957b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5915,
    "c": 0.09968,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6A48

secondary

#90B1C2

accent

#A8D157

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F1EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#140D09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6A48

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

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