#AE6D23#AE6D23

#AE6D23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.119 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6D23
RGB	rgb(174, 109, 35)
HSL	hsl(32, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(32, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.90, 19.92, 49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.90, 53.17, 68.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.0511 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.119 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2295, 20.0596, 4.2383)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6D23 #2364AE

analogous

#AE2723 #AE6D23 #A9AE23

triadic

#AE6D23 #23AE6D #6D23AE

tetradic

#AE6D23 #23AE27 #2364AE #AE23A9

square

#AE6D23 #23AE27 #2364AE #AE23A9

split-complementary

#AE6D23 #23A9AE #2723AE

monochromatic

#482D0F #7B4D19 #AE6D23 #D78C37 #E1AA6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#AE6D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#AE6D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6D23

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6D23	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)

#827317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 109, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.119 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9764',
    500: '#ae6d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6d23;
$custom-light: #cc9764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.942,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59271,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6D23

secondary

#6693C7

accent

#8EE93E

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6D23

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

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