#AE5839#AE5839

#AE5839 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.121 H 40.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5839
RGB	rgb(174, 88, 57)
HSL	hsl(16, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 32.53, 33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 46.80, 45.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.0926 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.121 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6857, 16.2760, 5.8697)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5839 #398FAE

analogous

#AE3955 #AE5839 #AE9239

triadic

#AE5839 #39AE58 #5839AE

tetradic

#AE5839 #55AE39 #398FAE #9239AE

square

#AE5839 #55AE39 #398FAE #9239AE

split-complementary

#AE5839 #39AE92 #3955AE

monochromatic

#52291B #80412A #AE5839 #C9785B #D89E89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#AE5839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#AE5839 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5839

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5839	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)

#6F6536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 88, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.121 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8970',
    500: '#ae5839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5839;
$custom-light: #cc8970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.897,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55822,
    "c": 0.12104,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5839

secondary

#80B1C3

accent

#B5DA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5839

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

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