#AE562B#AE562B

#AE562B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.128 H 44.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE562B
RGB	rgb(174, 86, 43)
HSL	hsl(20, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(20, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 32.85, 40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 52.14, 50.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% 0.091 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.128 44.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2214, 15.8312, 4.2232)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE562B #2B83AE

analogous

#AE2B41 #AE562B #AE982B

triadic

#AE562B #2BAE56 #562BAE

tetradic

#AE562B #41AE2B #2B83AE #982BAE

square

#AE562B #41AE2B #2B83AE #982BAE

split-complementary

#AE562B #2BAE98 #2B41AE

monochromatic

#4C2513 #7D3E1F #AE562B #D17345 #DD9876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#AE562B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#AE562B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE562B

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE562B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE562B	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF444D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae562b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 86, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.128 44.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8767',
    500: '#ae562b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae562b;
$custom-light: #cd8767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae562b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.695,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55326,
    "c": 0.12809,
    "h": 44.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE562B

secondary

#70A9C5

accent

#AFE444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE562B

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

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