#AE552A#AE552A

#AE552A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.129 H 44.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE552A
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 42)
HSL	hsl(20, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(20, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.53, 33.33, 40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.53, 52.66, 50.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.16% 0.0923 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(55.16% 0.129 44.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.1240, 15.6654, 4.1014)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE552A #2A83AE

analogous

#AE2A41 #AE552A #AE972A

triadic

#AE552A #2AAE55 #552AAE

tetradic

#AE552A #41AE2A #2A83AE #972AAE

square

#AE552A #41AE2A #2A83AE #972AAE

split-complementary

#AE552A #2AAE97 #2A41AE

monochromatic

#4B2512 #7D3D1E #AE552A #D27243 #DE9775

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#AE552A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#AE552A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE552A

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE552A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE552A	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF424C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae552a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.129 44.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8666',
    500: '#ae552a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae552a;
$custom-light: #cd8666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae552a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.545,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55155,
    "c": 0.12927,
    "h": 44.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE552A

secondary

#6FA9C5

accent

#B0E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE552A

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

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