#AE6C36#AE6C36

#AE6C36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.109 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6C36
RGB	rgb(174, 108, 54)
HSL	hsl(27, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(27, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 21.39, 40.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 45.69, 62.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.0583 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.109 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4858, 19.9924, 6.1114)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6C36 #3678AE

analogous

#AE363C #AE6C36 #AEA836

triadic

#AE6C36 #36AE6C #6C36AE

tetradic

#AE6C36 #3CAE36 #3678AE #A836AE

square

#AE6C36 #3CAE36 #3678AE #A836AE

split-complementary

#AE6C36 #36AEA8 #363CAE

monochromatic

#513219 #7F4F28 #AE6C36 #CB8B56 #D9AB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#AE6C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#AE6C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6C36

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6C36	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 108, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.109 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb966f',
    500: '#ae6c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6c36;
$custom-light: #cb966f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59265,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6C36

secondary

#7DA3C3

accent

#9BDC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6C36

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

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