#AE5526#AE5526

#AE5526 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.131 H 45.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5526
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 38)
HSL	hsl(21, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(21, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.50, 33.16, 42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.50, 54.08, 52.18°)
OKLab	oklab(55.12% 0.0912 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(55.12% 0.131 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0560, 15.6382, 3.7430)
Luminance	0.1564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5526 #267FAE

analogous

#AE263B #AE5526 #AE9926

triadic

#AE5526 #26AE55 #5526AE

tetradic

#AE5526 #3BAE26 #267FAE #9926AE

square

#AE5526 #3BAE26 #267FAE #9926AE

split-complementary

#AE5526 #26AE99 #263BAE

monochromatic

#4A2410 #7C3C1B #AE5526 #D5713D #E0966F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#AE5526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#AE5526 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5526

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5526	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)

#6E6220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF424B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.131 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8663',
    500: '#ae5526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5526;
$custom-light: #cd8663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.735,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55116,
    "c": 0.13069,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5526

secondary

#6AA6C6

accent

#AEE741

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5526

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

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