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#AE6119 Color

#AE6119 is rgb(174, 97, 25) in RGB, hsl(29, 75%, 39%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 44%, 86%, 32%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Light Brown (#B5651D), below the threshold most people can see at ΔE 2.23. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#AE6119
HEX#AE6119
RGBrgb(174, 97, 25)
HSLhsl(29, 75%, 39%)
HSVhsv(29, 86%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 44%, 86%, 32%)
OKLCHoklch(57% 0.127 57.4)
LABlab(49.55% 28.43 51.14)
LCHlch(49.55% 58.51 60.93)

What #AE6119 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #AE6119, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every brown in the library.

#AE6119 Channel Values

How #AE6119 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 174 · G 97 · B 258-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 29° · S 75% · L 39%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 29° · S 86% · V 68%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 44% · Y 86% · K 32%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance4.64:1 vs white · 4.52:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #AE6119 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text4.64:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text4.52:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #AE6119 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #AE6119

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #AE6119; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
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Analogous
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Triadic
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Split comp.
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Tints & Shades of #AE6119

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #AE6119.

How #AE6119 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#AE6119
Protanopia#737317
Protanomaly#8E6C18
Deuteranopia#818104
Deuteranomaly#95760F
Tritanopia#B15B5B
Tritanomaly#B05E49
Achromatopsia#747474

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #AE6119 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-ae6119: #AE6119;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #AE6119;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-ae6119': '#AE6119' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.682, green: 0.380, blue: 0.098)
Android XML<color name="color_ae6119">#AE6119</color>
SVG fillfill="#AE6119"

More Brown Colors

#AE6119 sits in the brown family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#AE6119 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #AE6119?

#AE6119 is a dark brown — rgb(174, 97, 25) in RGB and hsl(29, 75%, 39%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Light Brown (#B5651D), which is below the threshold most people can see at a CIE76 distance of 2.23.

What is the RGB value of #AE6119?

#AE6119 is rgb(174, 97, 25) — red 174, green 97, and blue 25 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #AE6119?

#AE6119 converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 44%, 86%, 32%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #AE6119 be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #AE6119 scores 4.64:1 against white and 4.52:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #AE6119 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #AE6119 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is peru (#CD853F) at a CIE76 distance of 13.74, which is visibly different.

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