#AE6D36#AE6D36

#AE6D36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.109 H 58.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6D36
RGB	rgb(174, 109, 54)
HSL	hsl(28, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(28, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 20.83, 40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 45.66, 62.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% 0.0567 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.109 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5918, 20.2046, 6.1467)
Luminance	0.2020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6D36 #3677AE

analogous

#AE363B #AE6D36 #AEA936

triadic

#AE6D36 #36AE6D #6D36AE

tetradic

#AE6D36 #3BAE36 #3677AE #A936AE

square

#AE6D36 #3BAE36 #3677AE #A936AE

split-complementary

#AE6D36 #36AEA9 #363BAE

monochromatic

#513219 #7F5028 #AE6D36 #CB8C56 #D9AC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#AE6D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#AE6D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6D36

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6D36	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 109, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.109 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb976f',
    500: '#ae6d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6d36;
$custom-light: #cb976f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5945,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6D36

secondary

#7DA3C3

accent

#9ADC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6D36

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →