#AE5427#AE5427

#AE5427 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.131 H 44.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5427
RGB	rgb(174, 84, 39)
HSL	hsl(20, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(20, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.30, 33.73, 42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.30, 53.89, 51.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.093 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.131 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9941, 15.4884, 3.8031)
Luminance	0.1549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5427 #2781AE

analogous

#AE273E #AE5427 #AE9827

triadic

#AE5427 #27AE54 #5427AE

tetradic

#AE5427 #3EAE27 #2781AE #9827AE

square

#AE5427 #3EAE27 #2781AE #9827AE

split-complementary

#AE5427 #27AE98 #273EAE

monochromatic

#4A2411 #7C3C1C #AE5427 #D4703E #DF9570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#AE5427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#AE5427 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5427

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5427	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 84, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.131 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8664',
    500: '#ae5427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5427;
$custom-light: #cd8664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54966,
    "c": 0.13115,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5427

secondary

#6BA8C6

accent

#AFE641

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5427

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

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