#AE5837#AE5837

#AE5837 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.122 H 41.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5837
RGB	rgb(174, 88, 55)
HSL	hsl(17, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.31, 32.41, 34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.31, 47.50, 46.97°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% 0.0918 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.122 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6368, 16.2565, 5.6121)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5837 #378DAE

analogous

#AE3751 #AE5837 #AE9437

triadic

#AE5837 #37AE58 #5837AE

tetradic

#AE5837 #51AE37 #378DAE #9437AE

square

#AE5837 #51AE37 #378DAE #9437AE

split-complementary

#AE5837 #37AE94 #3751AE

monochromatic

#51291A #7F4028 #AE5837 #CA7858 #D99D86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#AE5837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#AE5837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5837

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5837	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)

#6F6534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 88, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.122 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc896f',
    500: '#ae5837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5837;
$custom-light: #cc896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.639,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55794,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5837

secondary

#7EB0C3

accent

#B4DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5837

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

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