#AE5532#AE5532

#AE5532 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.126 H 41.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5532
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 50)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.62, 33.72, 36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.62, 49.81, 47.40°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% 0.095 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.126 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2818, 15.7285, 4.9322)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5532 #328BAE

analogous

#AE324D #AE5532 #AE9332

triadic

#AE5532 #32AE55 #5532AE

tetradic

#AE5532 #4DAE32 #328BAE #9332AE

square

#AE5532 #4DAE32 #328BAE #9332AE

split-complementary

#AE5532 #32AE93 #324DAE

monochromatic

#4F2717 #7E3E24 #AE5532 #CD7450 #DA9980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#AE5532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#AE5532 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5532

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5532	1.00	5.07	4.15	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D622E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF434D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.126 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc876b',
    500: '#ae5532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5532;
$custom-light: #cc876b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.935,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55246,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5532

secondary

#78AEC4

accent

#B4DF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5532

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

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