#AE6E55#AE6E55

#AE6E55 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.090 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6E55
RGB	rgb(174, 110, 85)
HSL	hsl(17, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, 22.66, 24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 33.38, 47.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.0667 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.09 42)
XYZ	xyz(24.6726, 20.8085, 11.3096)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6E55 #5595AE

analogous

#AE5568 #AE6E55 #AE9A55

triadic

#AE6E55 #55AE6E #6E55AE

tetradic

#AE6E55 #68AE55 #5595AE #9A55AE

square

#AE6E55 #68AE55 #5595AE #9A55AE

split-complementary

#AE6E55 #55AE9A #5568AE

monochromatic

#5D3A2C #865440 #AE6E55 #C2917E #D5B5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#AE6E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#AE6E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6E55

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6E55	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 110, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.090 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99885',
    500: '#ae6e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6e55;
$custom-light: #c99885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.854,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60109,
    "c": 0.08985,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.20806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6E55

secondary

#9CB8C3

accent

#ACCB5C

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F2EF

border

#D2CCCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6E55

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

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