#AE6E3B#AE6E3B

#AE6E3B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.105 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6E3B
RGB	rgb(174, 110, 59)
HSL	hsl(27, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(27, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, 20.58, 38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 43.56, 61.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% 0.0567 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.105 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8226, 20.4685, 6.8330)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6E3B #3B7BAE

analogous

#AE3B41 #AE6E3B #AEA73B

triadic

#AE6E3B #3BAE6E #6E3BAE

tetradic

#AE6E3B #41AE3B #3B7BAE #A73BAE

square

#AE6E3B #41AE3B #3B7BAE #A73BAE

split-complementary

#AE6E3B #3BAEA7 #3B41AE

monochromatic

#53341C #80512C #AE6E3B #C88D5E #D8AD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#AE6E3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#AE6E3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6E3B

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6E3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6E3B	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	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)

#817436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6162

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6e3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 110, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.105 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9873',
    500: '#ae6e3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6e3b;
$custom-light: #cb9873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6e3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.609,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59696,
    "c": 0.10518,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6E3B

secondary

#82A6C2

accent

#9CD94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6E3B

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

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