#AE6C28#AE6C28

#AE6C28 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.117 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6C28
RGB	rgb(174, 108, 40)
HSL	hsl(30, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(30, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 20.68, 46.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 51.31, 66.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.0541 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.117 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2030, 19.8793, 4.6222)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6C28 #286AAE

analogous

#AE2928 #AE6C28 #ADAE28

triadic

#AE6C28 #28AE6C #6C28AE

tetradic

#AE6C28 #28AE29 #286AAE #AE28AD

square

#AE6C28 #28AE29 #286AAE #AE28AD

split-complementary

#AE6C28 #28ADAE #2928AE

monochromatic

#4A2E11 #7C4D1D #AE6C28 #D38B40 #DFA972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#AE6C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#AE6C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6C28

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6C28	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81721F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 108, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.117 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9666',
    500: '#ae6c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6c28;
$custom-light: #cc9666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.448,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59125,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6C28

secondary

#6C98C6

accent

#93E642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6C28

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

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