#AE552B#AE552B

#AE552B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.129 H 44.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE552B
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 43)
HSL	hsl(19, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(19, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.54, 33.37, 40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.54, 52.30, 50.35°)
OKLab	oklab(55.17% 0.0927 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(55.17% 0.129 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1421, 15.6727, 4.1968)
Luminance	0.1567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE552B #2B84AE

analogous

#AE2B42 #AE552B #AE972B

triadic

#AE552B #2BAE55 #552BAE

tetradic

#AE552B #42AE2B #2B84AE #972BAE

square

#AE552B #42AE2B #2B84AE #972BAE

split-complementary

#AE552B #2BAE97 #2B42AE

monochromatic

#4C2513 #7D3D1F #AE552B #D17245 #DD9776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#AE552B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#AE552B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE552B

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE552B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE552B	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)

#6E6226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF424C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae552b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.129 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8767',
    500: '#ae552b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae552b;
$custom-light: #cd8767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae552b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.237,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55166,
    "c": 0.12891,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE552B

secondary

#70AAC5

accent

#B0E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE552B

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

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