#AE6E37#AE6E37

#AE6E37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.108 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6E37
RGB	rgb(174, 110, 55)
HSL	hsl(28, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(28, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, 20.33, 40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 45.23, 63.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.0553 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.108 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7229, 20.4286, 6.3074)
Luminance	0.2043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6E37 #3777AE

analogous

#AE373C #AE6E37 #AEA937

triadic

#AE6E37 #37AE6E #6E37AE

tetradic

#AE6E37 #3CAE37 #3777AE #A937AE

square

#AE6E37 #3CAE37 #3777AE #A937AE

split-complementary

#AE6E37 #37AEA9 #373CAE

monochromatic

#51331A #7F5128 #AE6E37 #CA8D58 #D9AD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#AE6E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#AE6E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6E37

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6E37	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6062

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 110, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.108 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9870',
    500: '#ae6e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6e37;
$custom-light: #cb9870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.731,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59647,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6E37

secondary

#7EA3C3

accent

#99DB4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6E37

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

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