#AE6E56#AE6E56

#AE6E56 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.089 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6E56
RGB	rgb(174, 110, 86)
HSL	hsl(16, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, 22.76, 23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 33.04, 46.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% 0.0672 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.089 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7126, 20.8245, 11.5203)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6E56 #5696AE

analogous

#AE566A #AE6E56 #AE9A56

triadic

#AE6E56 #56AE6E #6E56AE

tetradic

#AE6E56 #6AAE56 #5696AE #9A56AE

square

#AE6E56 #6AAE56 #5696AE #9A56AE

split-complementary

#AE6E56 #56AE9A #566AAE

monochromatic

#5D3A2D #865340 #AE6E56 #C2917F #D6B5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#AE6E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#AE6E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6E56

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6E56	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)

#7E7654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 110, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.089 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99886',
    500: '#ae6e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6e56;
$custom-light: #c99886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60128,
    "c": 0.08934,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6E56

secondary

#9CB9C3

accent

#ADCB5D

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F2EF

border

#D2CCCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6E56

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

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