#AE532D#AE532D

#AE532D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.130 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE532D
RGB	rgb(174, 83, 45)
HSL	hsl(18, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.15, 34.52, 38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.15, 51.94, 48.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% 0.0965 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.13 42)
XYZ	xyz(21.0245, 15.3773, 4.3431)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE532D #2D88AE

analogous

#AE2D48 #AE532D #AE932D

triadic

#AE532D #2DAE53 #532DAE

tetradic

#AE532D #48AE2D #2D88AE #932DAE

square

#AE532D #48AE2D #2D88AE #932DAE

split-complementary

#AE532D #2DAE93 #2D48AE

monochromatic

#4D2514 #7D3C20 #AE532D #D07048 #DC9679

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#AE532D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#AE532D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE532D

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE532D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE532D	1.00	5.15	4.07	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82752B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF404B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae532d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 83, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.130 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8568',
    500: '#ae532d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae532d;
$custom-light: #cd8568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae532d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.674,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5487,
    "c": 0.12989,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.15375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE532D

secondary

#72ACC4

accent

#B4E246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE532D

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

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