#AE572D#AE572D

#AE572D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.127 H 44.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE572D
RGB	rgb(174, 87, 45)
HSL	hsl(20, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(20, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 32.41, 39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 51.26, 50.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.51% 0.0901 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(55.51% 0.127 44.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3394, 16.0071, 4.4480)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE572D #2D84AE

analogous

#AE2D43 #AE572D #AE972D

triadic

#AE572D #2DAE57 #572DAE

tetradic

#AE572D #43AE2D #2D84AE #972DAE

square

#AE572D #43AE2D #2D84AE #972DAE

split-complementary

#AE572D #2DAE97 #2D43AE

monochromatic

#4D2614 #7D3F20 #AE572D #D07448 #DC9979

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#AE572D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#AE572D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE572D

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE572D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE572D	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF454E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae572d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 87, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.127 44.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8868',
    500: '#ae572d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae572d;
$custom-light: #cc8868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae572d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.535,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55509,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 44.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE572D

secondary

#72AAC4

accent

#AFE246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE572D

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

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