#AE542B#AE542B

#AE542B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.130 H 43.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE542B
RGB	rgb(174, 84, 43)
HSL	hsl(19, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(19, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.33, 33.90, 40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.33, 52.47, 49.76°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% 0.0943 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.13 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0640, 15.5163, 4.1708)
Luminance	0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE542B #2B85AE

analogous

#AE2B43 #AE542B #AE962B

triadic

#AE542B #2BAE54 #542BAE

tetradic

#AE542B #43AE2B #2B85AE #962BAE

square

#AE542B #43AE2B #2B85AE #962BAE

split-complementary

#AE542B #2BAE96 #2B43AE

monochromatic

#4C2513 #7D3C1F #AE542B #D17145 #DD9676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#AE542B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#AE542B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE542B

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE542B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE542B	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)

#6D6126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae542b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 84, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.130 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8666',
    500: '#ae542b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae542b;
$custom-light: #cd8666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae542b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.779,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55006,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE542B

secondary

#70AAC5

accent

#B2E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE542B

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

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