#AE5835#AE5835

#AE5835 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.123 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5835
RGB	rgb(174, 88, 53)
HSL	hsl(17, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 32.30, 35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 48.21, 47.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.0911 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.123 42)
XYZ	xyz(21.5898, 16.2377, 5.3647)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5835 #358BAE

analogous

#AE354F #AE5835 #AE9435

triadic

#AE5835 #35AE58 #5835AE

tetradic

#AE5835 #4FAE35 #358BAE #9435AE

square

#AE5835 #4FAE35 #358BAE #9435AE

split-complementary

#AE5835 #35AE94 #354FAE

monochromatic

#502918 #7F4027 #AE5835 #CB7755 #DA9D84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#AE5835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#AE5835 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5835

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5835	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 88, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.123 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc896d',
    500: '#ae5835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5835;
$custom-light: #cc896d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.355,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55768,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.16235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5835

secondary

#7CAEC3

accent

#B3DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5835

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

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