#AE5636#AE5636

#AE5636 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.124 H 40.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5636
RGB	rgb(174, 86, 54)
HSL	hsl(16, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.87, 33.41, 34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.87, 48.22, 46.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.46% 0.0947 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(55.46% 0.124 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4511, 15.9231, 5.4331)
Luminance	0.1592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5636 #368EAE

analogous

#AE3652 #AE5636 #AE9236

triadic

#AE5636 #36AE56 #5636AE

tetradic

#AE5636 #52AE36 #368EAE #9236AE

square

#AE5636 #52AE36 #368EAE #9236AE

split-complementary

#AE5636 #36AE92 #3652AE

monochromatic

#512819 #7F3F28 #AE5636 #CB7556 #D99C85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#AE5636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#AE5636 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5636

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5636	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE454F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 86, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.124 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc876e',
    500: '#ae5636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5636;
$custom-light: #cc876e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55457,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5636

secondary

#7DB0C3

accent

#B6DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5636

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

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