#AE502C#AE502C

#AE502C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.133 H 40.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE502C
RGB	rgb(174, 80, 44)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(17, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.53, 36.02, 38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.53, 52.85, 47.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% 0.1009 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.133 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7809, 14.9205, 4.1680)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE502C #2C8AAE

analogous

#AE2C49 #AE502C #AE912C

triadic

#AE502C #2CAE50 #502CAE

tetradic

#AE502C #49AE2C #2C8AAE #912CAE

square

#AE502C #49AE2C #2C8AAE #912CAE

split-complementary

#AE502C #2CAE91 #2C49AE

monochromatic

#4C2313 #7D3A20 #AE502C #D06D47 #DD9478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#AE502C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#AE502C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE502C

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE502C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE502C	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)

#6A5F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3C48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae502c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 80, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.133 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8367',
    500: '#ae502c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae502c;
$custom-light: #cd8367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae502c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.615,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54394,
    "c": 0.13286,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE502C

secondary

#71AEC5

accent

#B7E345

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE502C

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

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