#AE522B#AE522B

#AE522B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.131 H 42.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE522B
RGB	rgb(174, 82, 43)
HSL	hsl(18, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.92, 34.94, 39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.92, 52.83, 48.59°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% 0.0974 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.131 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.9109, 15.2103, 4.1197)
Luminance	0.1521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE522B #2B87AE

analogous

#AE2B45 #AE522B #AE942B

triadic

#AE522B #2BAE52 #522BAE

tetradic

#AE522B #45AE2B #2B87AE #942BAE

square

#AE522B #45AE2B #2B87AE #942BAE

split-complementary

#AE522B #2BAE94 #2B45AE

monochromatic

#4C2413 #7D3B1F #AE522B #D16F45 #DD9576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#AE522B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#AE522B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE522B

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE522B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE522B	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae522b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 82, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.131 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8566',
    500: '#ae522b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae522b;
$custom-light: #cd8566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae522b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.863,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54692,
    "c": 0.13144,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE522B

secondary

#70ACC5

accent

#B4E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE522B

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

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