#AE6E23#AE6E23

#AE6E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.118 H 65.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6E23
RGB	rgb(174, 110, 35)
HSL	hsl(32, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(32, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, 19.36, 49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 53.17, 68.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.0495 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.118 65.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3368, 20.2742, 4.2741)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6E23 #2363AE

analogous

#AE2823 #AE6E23 #A8AE23

triadic

#AE6E23 #23AE6E #6E23AE

tetradic

#AE6E23 #23AE28 #2363AE #AE23A8

square

#AE6E23 #23AE28 #2363AE #AE23A8

split-complementary

#AE6E23 #23A8AE #2823AE

monochromatic

#482E0F #7B4E19 #AE6E23 #D78D37 #E1AA6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#AE6E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#AE6E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6E23

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6E23	1.00	4.15	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 110, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.118 65.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9764',
    500: '#ae6e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6e23;
$custom-light: #cc9764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.374,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59458,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 65.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6E23

secondary

#6693C7

accent

#8DE93E

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6E23

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

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