#AE5537#AE5537

#AE5537 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.125 H 39.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5537
RGB	rgb(174, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(15, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.68, 34.00, 33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.68, 48.08, 44.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.31% 0.0967 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(55.31% 0.125 39)
XYZ	xyz(21.3956, 15.7741, 5.5317)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5537 #3790AE

analogous

#AE3755 #AE5537 #AE9037

triadic

#AE5537 #37AE55 #5537AE

tetradic

#AE5537 #55AE37 #3790AE #9037AE

square

#AE5537 #55AE37 #3790AE #9037AE

split-complementary

#AE5537 #37AE90 #3755AE

monochromatic

#51281A #7F3E28 #AE5537 #CA7558 #D99B86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#AE5537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#AE5537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5537

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5537	1.00	5.05	4.15	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE444E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.125 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc876f',
    500: '#ae5537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5537;
$custom-light: #cc876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.126,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55311,
    "c": 0.12452,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.15772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5537

secondary

#7EB1C3

accent

#B7DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5537

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

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