#AE552D#AE552D

#AE552D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.128 H 43.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE552D
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 45)
HSL	hsl(19, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(19, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.56, 33.47, 39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.56, 51.59, 49.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.19% 0.0933 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(55.19% 0.128 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1797, 15.6877, 4.3948)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE552D #2D86AE

analogous

#AE2D45 #AE552D #AE962D

triadic

#AE552D #2DAE55 #552DAE

tetradic

#AE552D #45AE2D #2D86AE #962DAE

square

#AE552D #45AE2D #2D86AE #962DAE

split-complementary

#AE552D #2DAE96 #2D45AE

monochromatic

#4D2514 #7D3D20 #AE552D #D07248 #DC9879

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#AE552D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#AE552D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE552D

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE552D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE552D	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)

#6E6228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83762B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF424C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae552d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.128 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8768',
    500: '#ae552d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae552d;
$custom-light: #cc8768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae552d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.605,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55187,
    "c": 0.12818,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE552D

secondary

#72ABC4

accent

#B2E246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE552D

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

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