#AE6E27#AE6E27

#AE6E27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.116 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6E27
RGB	rgb(174, 110, 39)
HSL	hsl(32, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(32, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 19.52, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 51.69, 67.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.0505 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.116 64.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3996, 20.2993, 4.6049)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6E27 #2767AE

analogous

#AE2B27 #AE6E27 #AAAE27

triadic

#AE6E27 #27AE6E #6E27AE

tetradic

#AE6E27 #27AE2B #2767AE #AE27AA

square

#AE6E27 #27AE2B #2767AE #AE27AA

split-complementary

#AE6E27 #27AAAE #2B27AE

monochromatic

#4A2F11 #7C4E1C #AE6E27 #D48D3E #DFAB70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#AE6E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#AE6E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6E27

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6E27	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)

#82741D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 110, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.116 64.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9766',
    500: '#ae6e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6e27;
$custom-light: #cc9766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59489,
    "c": 0.11648,
    "h": 64.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6E27

secondary

#6B96C6

accent

#90E641

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6E27

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

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