#AE6C21#AE6C21

#AE6C21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.120 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6C21
RGB	rgb(174, 108, 33)
HSL	hsl(32, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(32, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 20.40, 49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 53.89, 67.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.0523 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.12 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0946, 19.8359, 4.0510)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6C21 #2163AE

analogous

#AE2521 #AE6C21 #A9AE21

triadic

#AE6C21 #21AE6C #6C21AE

tetradic

#AE6C21 #21AE25 #2163AE #AE21A9

square

#AE6C21 #21AE25 #2163AE #AE21A9

split-complementary

#AE6C21 #21A9AE #2521AE

monochromatic

#472C0D #7B4C17 #AE6C21 #D88B34 #E2A967

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#AE6C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#AE6C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6C21

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6C21	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 108, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.120 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9663',
    500: '#ae6c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6c21;
$custom-light: #cc9663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.915,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59071,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6C21

secondary

#6392C8

accent

#8EEB3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6C21

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

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