#AE5626#AE5626

#AE5626 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.130 H 46.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5626
RGB	rgb(174, 86, 38)
HSL	hsl(21, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(21, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.71, 32.63, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.71, 53.93, 52.76°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% 0.0896 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.13 46.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.1352, 15.7968, 3.7694)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5626 #267EAE

analogous

#AE263A #AE5626 #AE9A26

triadic

#AE5626 #26AE56 #5626AE

tetradic

#AE5626 #3AAE26 #267EAE #9A26AE

square

#AE5626 #3AAE26 #267EAE #9A26AE

split-complementary

#AE5626 #26AE9A #263AAE

monochromatic

#4A2410 #7C3D1B #AE5626 #D5723D #E0976F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#AE5626 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#AE5626 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5626

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5626	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5626	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF434C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5626;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 86, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.130 46.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8763',
    500: '#ae5626',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5626;
$custom-light: #cd8763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5626",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.176,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55277,
    "c": 0.12991,
    "h": 46.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5626

secondary

#6AA6C6

accent

#ACE741

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5626

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

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