#AE6B21#AE6B21

#AE6B21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.120 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6B21
RGB	rgb(174, 107, 33)
HSL	hsl(31, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(31, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.41, 20.96, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.41, 53.90, 67.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% 0.054 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.12 63.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9897, 19.6262, 4.0161)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6B21 #2164AE

analogous

#AE2421 #AE6B21 #AAAE21

triadic

#AE6B21 #21AE6B #6B21AE

tetradic

#AE6B21 #21AE24 #2164AE #AE21AA

square

#AE6B21 #21AE24 #2164AE #AE21AA

split-complementary

#AE6B21 #21AAAE #2421AE

monochromatic

#472C0D #7B4B17 #AE6B21 #D88A34 #E2A867

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#AE6B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#AE6B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6B21

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6B21	1.00	4.26	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.26	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)

#807115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 107, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.120 63.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9562',
    500: '#ae6b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6b21;
$custom-light: #cc9562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.489,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58885,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 63.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6B21

secondary

#6393C8

accent

#90EB3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150D05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6B21

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

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