#AE6E29#AE6E29

#AE6E29 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.115 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6E29
RGB	rgb(174, 110, 41)
HSL	hsl(31, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(31, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, 19.60, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 50.92, 67.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.051 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.115 63.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4336, 20.3129, 4.7841)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6E29 #2969AE

analogous

#AE2C29 #AE6E29 #ABAE29

triadic

#AE6E29 #29AE6E #6E29AE

tetradic

#AE6E29 #29AE2C #2969AE #AE29AB

square

#AE6E29 #29AE2C #2969AE #AE29AB

split-complementary

#AE6E29 #29ABAE #2C29AE

monochromatic

#4B2F12 #7C4F1D #AE6E29 #D28D42 #DEAB73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#AE6E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#AE6E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6E29

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6E29	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)

#827420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91822A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 110, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.115 63.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9767',
    500: '#ae6e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6e29;
$custom-light: #cb9767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.128,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59506,
    "c": 0.11546,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6E29

secondary

#6D98C5

accent

#91E543

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6E29

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

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