#AE6E36#AE6E36

#AE6E36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.108 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6E36
RGB	rgb(174, 110, 54)
HSL	hsl(28, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(28, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 20.27, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 45.65, 63.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.055 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.108 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6991, 20.4191, 6.1825)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6E36 #3676AE

analogous

#AE363A #AE6E36 #AEAA36

triadic

#AE6E36 #36AE6E #6E36AE

tetradic

#AE6E36 #3AAE36 #3676AE #AA36AE

square

#AE6E36 #3AAE36 #3676AE #AA36AE

split-complementary

#AE6E36 #36AEAA #363AAE

monochromatic

#513319 #7F5028 #AE6E36 #CB8D56 #D9AC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#AE6E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#AE6E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6E36

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6E36	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6062

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 110, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.108 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb986f',
    500: '#ae6e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6e36;
$custom-light: #cb986f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59636,
    "c": 0.1082,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6E36

secondary

#7DA2C3

accent

#99DC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6E36

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

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