#AE542A#AE542A

#AE542A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.130 H 43.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE542A
RGB	rgb(174, 84, 42)
HSL	hsl(19, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(19, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.32, 33.85, 40.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.32, 52.83, 50.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55% 0.0939 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(55% 0.13 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0458, 15.5091, 4.0753)
Luminance	0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE542A #2A84AE

analogous

#AE2A42 #AE542A #AE962A

triadic

#AE542A #2AAE54 #542AAE

tetradic

#AE542A #42AE2A #2A84AE #962AAE

square

#AE542A #42AE2A #2A84AE #962AAE

split-complementary

#AE542A #2AAE96 #2A42AE

monochromatic

#4B2412 #7D3C1E #AE542A #D27143 #DE9675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#AE542A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#AE542A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE542A

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE542A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE542A	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae542a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 84, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.130 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8666',
    500: '#ae542a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae542a;
$custom-light: #cd8666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae542a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54996,
    "c": 0.1301,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE542A

secondary

#6FAAC5

accent

#B1E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE542A

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

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