#AE552C#AE552C

#AE552C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.129 H 43.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE552C
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 44)
HSL	hsl(19, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(19, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.55, 33.42, 39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.55, 51.95, 49.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% 0.093 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.129 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1607, 15.6801, 4.2946)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE552C #2C85AE

analogous

#AE2C44 #AE552C #AE962C

triadic

#AE552C #2CAE55 #552CAE

tetradic

#AE552C #44AE2C #2C85AE #962CAE

square

#AE552C #44AE2C #2C85AE #962CAE

split-complementary

#AE552C #2CAE96 #2C44AE

monochromatic

#4C2513 #7D3D20 #AE552C #D07247 #DD9878

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#AE552C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#AE552C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE552C

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE552C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE552C	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83762A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF424C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae552c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.129 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8767',
    500: '#ae552c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae552c;
$custom-light: #cd8767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae552c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.923,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55176,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE552C

secondary

#71AAC5

accent

#B1E345

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE552C

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

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