#AE6D27#AE6D27

#AE6D27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.117 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6D27
RGB	rgb(174, 109, 39)
HSL	hsl(31, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(31, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.93, 20.08, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.93, 51.68, 67.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% 0.0522 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.117 63.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2923, 20.0847, 4.5691)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6D27 #2768AE

analogous

#AE2A27 #AE6D27 #ACAE27

triadic

#AE6D27 #27AE6D #6D27AE

tetradic

#AE6D27 #27AE2A #2768AE #AE27AC

square

#AE6D27 #27AE2A #2768AE #AE27AC

split-complementary

#AE6D27 #27ACAE #2A27AE

monochromatic

#4A2E11 #7C4E1C #AE6D27 #D48C3E #DFAA70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#AE6D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#AE6D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6D27

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6D27	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81731D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 109, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.117 63.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9766',
    500: '#ae6d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6d27;
$custom-light: #cc9766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.111,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59302,
    "c": 0.11675,
    "h": 63.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6D27

secondary

#6B97C6

accent

#91E641

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6D27

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

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