#AE6C27#AE6C27

#AE6C27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.117 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6C27
RGB	rgb(174, 108, 39)
HSL	hsl(31, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(31, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.69, 20.64, 47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.69, 51.69, 66.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.0538 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.117 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1862, 19.8726, 4.5338)
Luminance	0.1987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6C27 #2769AE

analogous

#AE2927 #AE6C27 #ADAE27

triadic

#AE6C27 #27AE6C #6C27AE

tetradic

#AE6C27 #27AE29 #2769AE #AE27AD

square

#AE6C27 #27AE29 #2769AE #AE27AD

split-complementary

#AE6C27 #27ADAE #2927AE

monochromatic

#4A2E11 #7C4D1C #AE6C27 #D48B3E #DFA970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#AE6C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#AE6C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6C27

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6C27	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)

#81721D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 108, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.117 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9666',
    500: '#ae6c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6c27;
$custom-light: #cc9666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59116,
    "c": 0.11705,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6C27

secondary

#6B97C6

accent

#92E641

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6C27

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

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