#AE502B#AE502B

#AE502B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.133 H 41.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE502B
RGB	rgb(174, 80, 43)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(17, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.51, 35.98, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.51, 53.20, 47.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.38% 0.1006 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(54.38% 0.133 41)
XYZ	xyz(20.7623, 14.9131, 4.0702)
Luminance	0.1491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE502B #2B89AE

analogous

#AE2B47 #AE502B #AE922B

triadic

#AE502B #2BAE50 #502BAE

tetradic

#AE502B #47AE2B #2B89AE #922BAE

square

#AE502B #47AE2B #2B89AE #922BAE

split-complementary

#AE502B #2BAE92 #2B47AE

monochromatic

#4C2313 #7D391F #AE502B #D16D45 #DD9376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#AE502B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#AE502B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE502B

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE502B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE502B	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3C48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae502b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 80, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.133 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8366',
    500: '#ae502b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae502b;
$custom-light: #cd8366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae502b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.947,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54383,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.1491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE502B

secondary

#70ADC5

accent

#B7E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE502B

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

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