#AE6D21#AE6D21

#AE6D21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.120 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6D21
RGB	rgb(174, 109, 33)
HSL	hsl(32, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(32, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 19.84, 50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 53.88, 68.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.0507 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.12 64.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2006, 20.0481, 4.0864)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6D21 #2162AE

analogous

#AE2621 #AE6D21 #A9AE21

triadic

#AE6D21 #21AE6D #6D21AE

tetradic

#AE6D21 #21AE26 #2162AE #AE21A9

square

#AE6D21 #21AE26 #2162AE #AE21A9

split-complementary

#AE6D21 #21A9AE #2621AE

monochromatic

#472D0D #7B4D17 #AE6D21 #D88D34 #E2A967

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#AE6D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#AE6D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6D21

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6D21	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 109, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.120 64.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9763',
    500: '#ae6d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6d21;
$custom-light: #cc9763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.34,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59257,
    "c": 0.11954,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6D21

secondary

#6391C8

accent

#8DEB3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6D21

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

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