#AE5836#AE5836

#AE5836 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.122 H 41.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5836
RGB	rgb(174, 88, 54)
HSL	hsl(17, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, 32.35, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 47.85, 47.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.78% 0.0915 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(55.78% 0.122 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6131, 16.2470, 5.4871)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5836 #368CAE

analogous

#AE3650 #AE5836 #AE9436

triadic

#AE5836 #36AE58 #5836AE

tetradic

#AE5836 #50AE36 #368CAE #9436AE

square

#AE5836 #50AE36 #368CAE #9436AE

split-complementary

#AE5836 #36AE94 #3650AE

monochromatic

#512919 #7F4028 #AE5836 #CB7756 #D99D85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#AE5836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#AE5836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5836

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5836	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)

#6F6532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 88, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.122 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc896e',
    500: '#ae5836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5836;
$custom-light: #cc896e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55781,
    "c": 0.12221,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5836

secondary

#7DAFC3

accent

#B3DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5836

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

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