#AE6E26#AE6E26

#AE6E26 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.117 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6E26
RGB	rgb(174, 110, 38)
HSL	hsl(32, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(32, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 19.48, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 52.06, 68.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.0502 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.117 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3832, 20.2928, 4.5188)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6E26 #2666AE

analogous

#AE2A26 #AE6E26 #AAAE26

triadic

#AE6E26 #26AE6E #6E26AE

tetradic

#AE6E26 #26AE2A #2666AE #AE26AA

square

#AE6E26 #26AE2A #2666AE #AE26AA

split-complementary

#AE6E26 #26AAAE #2A26AE

monochromatic

#4A2E10 #7C4E1B #AE6E26 #D58D3D #E0AB6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#AE6E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#AE6E26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6E26

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6E26	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82731B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 110, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.117 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9766',
    500: '#ae6e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6e26;
$custom-light: #cc9766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.765,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59481,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6E26

secondary

#6A95C6

accent

#8FE741

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6E26

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

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