#AE6C26#AE6C26

#AE6C26 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.118 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6C26
RGB	rgb(174, 108, 38)
HSL	hsl(31, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(31, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.69, 20.60, 47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.69, 52.07, 66.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% 0.0535 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.118 62.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1699, 19.8661, 4.4477)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6C26 #2668AE

analogous

#AE2826 #AE6C26 #ACAE26

triadic

#AE6C26 #26AE6C #6C26AE

tetradic

#AE6C26 #26AE28 #2668AE #AE26AC

square

#AE6C26 #26AE28 #2668AE #AE26AC

split-complementary

#AE6C26 #26ACAE #2826AE

monochromatic

#4A2E10 #7C4D1B #AE6C26 #D58B3D #E0A96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#AE6C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#AE6C26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6C26

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6C26	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	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)

#81721C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 108, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.118 62.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9665',
    500: '#ae6c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6c26;
$custom-light: #cc9665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.882,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59108,
    "c": 0.11753,
    "h": 62.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6C26

secondary

#6A97C6

accent

#91E741

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6C26

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

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