#AE5525#AE5525

#AE5525 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.131 H 46.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5525
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 37)
HSL	hsl(21, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(21, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.49, 33.12, 43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.49, 54.43, 52.52°)
OKLab	oklab(55.11% 0.0909 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(55.11% 0.131 46.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0400, 15.6318, 3.6592)
Luminance	0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5525 #257EAE

analogous

#AE253A #AE5525 #AE9A25

triadic

#AE5525 #25AE55 #5525AE

tetradic

#AE5525 #3AAE25 #257EAE #9A25AE

square

#AE5525 #3AAE25 #257EAE #9A25AE

split-complementary

#AE5525 #25AE9A #253AAE

monochromatic

#492410 #7C3C1A #AE5525 #D5713B #E0966D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#AE5525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#AE5525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5525

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5525	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E621F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF424B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.131 46.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8663',
    500: '#ae5525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5525;
$custom-light: #cd8663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.022,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55107,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 46.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5525

secondary

#68A5C6

accent

#ADE840

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5525

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

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