#AE6C23#AE6C23

#AE6C23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.119 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6C23
RGB	rgb(174, 108, 35)
HSL	hsl(32, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(32, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 20.48, 49.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 53.17, 67.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.0528 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.119 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1234, 19.8475, 4.2030)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6C23 #2365AE

analogous

#AE2723 #AE6C23 #AAAE23

triadic

#AE6C23 #23AE6C #6C23AE

tetradic

#AE6C23 #23AE27 #2365AE #AE23AA

square

#AE6C23 #23AE27 #2365AE #AE23AA

split-complementary

#AE6C23 #23AAAE #2723AE

monochromatic

#482D0F #7B4C19 #AE6C23 #D78B37 #E1A96A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#AE6C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#AE6C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6C23

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6C23	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)

#817217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 108, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.119 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9664',
    500: '#ae6c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6c23;
$custom-light: #cc9664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.511,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59085,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6C23

secondary

#6694C7

accent

#90E93E

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6C23

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

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