#AE6B35#AE6B35

#AE6B35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.110 H 57.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6B35
RGB	rgb(174, 107, 53)
HSL	hsl(27, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(27, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, 21.89, 40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 46.13, 61.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.0597 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.11 57.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3577, 19.7734, 5.9540)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6B35 #3578AE

analogous

#AE353B #AE6B35 #AEA835

triadic

#AE6B35 #35AE6B #6B35AE

tetradic

#AE6B35 #3BAE35 #3578AE #A835AE

square

#AE6B35 #3BAE35 #3578AE #A835AE

split-complementary

#AE6B35 #35AEA8 #353BAE

monochromatic

#503118 #7F4E27 #AE6B35 #CB8A55 #DAAA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#AE6B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#AE6B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6B35

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6B35	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F722F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 107, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.110 57.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb956e',
    500: '#ae6b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6b35;
$custom-light: #cb956e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.777,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59069,
    "c": 0.10997,
    "h": 57.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6B35

secondary

#7CA3C3

accent

#9CDD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6B35

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

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