#AE5231#AE5231

#AE5231 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.129 H 39.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5231
RGB	rgb(174, 82, 49)
HSL	hsl(16, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.98, 35.23, 36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.98, 50.73, 46.01°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% 0.0994 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.129 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0292, 15.2576, 4.7427)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5231 #318DAE

analogous

#AE314E #AE5231 #AE9031

triadic

#AE5231 #31AE52 #5231AE

tetradic

#AE5231 #4EAE31 #318DAE #9031AE

square

#AE5231 #4EAE31 #318DAE #9031AE

split-complementary

#AE5231 #31AE90 #314EAE

monochromatic

#4E2516 #7E3B24 #AE5231 #CD704F #DB977F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#AE5231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#AE5231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5231

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5231	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B602D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81752F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3F4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 82, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.129 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc856a',
    500: '#ae5231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5231;
$custom-light: #cc856a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.84,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54761,
    "c": 0.12938,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5231

secondary

#77AFC4

accent

#B8DF48

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5231

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

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