#AE6D28#AE6D28

#AE6D28 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.116 H 63.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6D28
RGB	rgb(174, 109, 40)
HSL	hsl(31, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(31, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, 20.12, 47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 51.30, 66.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% 0.0524 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.116 63.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3091, 20.0915, 4.6576)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6D28 #2869AE

analogous

#AE2A28 #AE6D28 #ACAE28

triadic

#AE6D28 #28AE6D #6D28AE

tetradic

#AE6D28 #28AE2A #2869AE #AE28AC

square

#AE6D28 #28AE2A #2869AE #AE28AC

split-complementary

#AE6D28 #28ACAE #2A28AE

monochromatic

#4A2F11 #7C4E1D #AE6D28 #D38C40 #DFAA72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#AE6D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#AE6D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6D28

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6D28	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)

#81731E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 109, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.116 63.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9767',
    500: '#ae6d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6d28;
$custom-light: #cc9767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.896,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5931,
    "c": 0.11626,
    "h": 63.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6D28

secondary

#6C98C6

accent

#91E642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6D28

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

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