#AE5736#AE5736

#AE5736 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.123 H 40.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5736
RGB	rgb(174, 87, 54)
HSL	hsl(17, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 32.88, 35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 48.04, 46.80°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% 0.0931 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.123 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5315, 16.0839, 5.4599)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5736 #368DAE

analogous

#AE3651 #AE5736 #AE9336

triadic

#AE5736 #36AE57 #5736AE

tetradic

#AE5736 #51AE36 #368DAE #9336AE

square

#AE5736 #51AE36 #368DAE #9336AE

split-complementary

#AE5736 #36AE93 #3651AE

monochromatic

#512819 #7F4028 #AE5736 #CB7656 #D99C85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#AE5736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#AE5736 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5736

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5736	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE464F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 87, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.123 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc886e',
    500: '#ae5736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5736;
$custom-light: #cc886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55618,
    "c": 0.12308,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5736

secondary

#7DB0C3

accent

#B4DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5736

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

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