#AE5527#AE5527

#AE5527 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.130 H 45.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5527
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 39)
HSL	hsl(20, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(20, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.51, 33.20, 42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.51, 53.73, 51.83°)
OKLab	oklab(55.13% 0.0914 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(55.13% 0.13 45.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0723, 15.6448, 3.8291)
Luminance	0.1564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5527 #2780AE

analogous

#AE273D #AE5527 #AE9827

triadic

#AE5527 #27AE55 #5527AE

tetradic

#AE5527 #3DAE27 #2780AE #9827AE

square

#AE5527 #3DAE27 #2780AE #9827AE

split-complementary

#AE5527 #27AE98 #273DAE

monochromatic

#4A2411 #7C3D1C #AE5527 #D4713E #DF9670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#AE5527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#AE5527 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5527

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5527	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)

#6E6221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF424B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.130 45.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8664',
    500: '#ae5527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5527;
$custom-light: #cd8664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55125,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 45.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5527

secondary

#6BA7C6

accent

#AEE641

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5527

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

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