#AE532B#AE532B

#AE532B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.131 H 42.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE532B
RGB	rgb(174, 83, 43)
HSL	hsl(18, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.13, 34.42, 39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.13, 52.65, 49.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.85% 0.0958 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(54.85% 0.131 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9869, 15.3622, 4.1451)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE532B #2B86AE

analogous

#AE2B44 #AE532B #AE952B

triadic

#AE532B #2BAE53 #532BAE

tetradic

#AE532B #44AE2B #2B86AE #952BAE

square

#AE532B #44AE2B #2B86AE #952BAE

split-complementary

#AE532B #2BAE95 #2B44AE

monochromatic

#4C2413 #7D3C1F #AE532B #D17045 #DD9676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#AE532B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#AE532B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE532B

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE532B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE532B	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF404A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae532b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 83, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.131 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8566',
    500: '#ae532b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae532b;
$custom-light: #cd8566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae532b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.321,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54848,
    "c": 0.13058,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE532B

secondary

#70ABC5

accent

#B3E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE532B

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

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