#AE502E#AE502E

#AE502E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.132 H 39.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE502E
RGB	rgb(174, 80, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.55, 36.12, 37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.55, 52.16, 46.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.42% 0.1016 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(54.42% 0.132 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8194, 14.9359, 4.3708)
Luminance	0.1493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE502E #2E8CAE

analogous

#AE2E4C #AE502E #AE902E

triadic

#AE502E #2EAE50 #502EAE

tetradic

#AE502E #4CAE2E #2E8CAE #902EAE

square

#AE502E #4CAE2E #2E8CAE #902EAE

split-complementary

#AE502E #2EAE90 #2E4CAE

monochromatic

#4D2314 #7E3A21 #AE502E #CF6D4A #DC947A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#AE502E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#AE502E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE502E

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE502E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE502E	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae502e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 80, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.132 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8368',
    500: '#ae502e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae502e;
$custom-light: #cd8368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae502e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.938,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54417,
    "c": 0.1322,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE502E

secondary

#74AFC4

accent

#B8E146

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE502E

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

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