#AE562D#AE562D

#AE562D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.127 H 44.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE562D
RGB	rgb(174, 86, 45)
HSL	hsl(19, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(19, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 32.94, 39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 51.42, 50.16°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% 0.0917 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.127 44)
XYZ	xyz(21.2590, 15.8463, 4.4212)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE562D #2D85AE

analogous

#AE2D44 #AE562D #AE962D

triadic

#AE562D #2DAE56 #562DAE

tetradic

#AE562D #44AE2D #2D85AE #962DAE

square

#AE562D #44AE2D #2D85AE #962DAE

split-complementary

#AE562D #2DAE96 #2D44AE

monochromatic

#4D2614 #7D3E20 #AE562D #D07348 #DC9979

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#AE562D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#AE562D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE562D

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE562D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE562D	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)

#6E6328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84762B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF444D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae562d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 86, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.127 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8768',
    500: '#ae562d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae562d;
$custom-light: #cc8768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae562d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.07,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55348,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.15844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE562D

secondary

#72AAC4

accent

#B0E246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE562D

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

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