#AE5935#AE5935

#AE5935 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.122 H 42.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5935
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 53)
HSL	hsl(18, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 31.76, 36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 48.03, 48.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.0895 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.122 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6725, 16.4030, 5.3923)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5935 #358AAE

analogous

#AE354E #AE5935 #AE9635

triadic

#AE5935 #35AE59 #5935AE

tetradic

#AE5935 #4EAE35 #358AAE #9635AE

square

#AE5935 #4EAE35 #358AAE #9635AE

split-complementary

#AE5935 #35AE96 #354EAE

monochromatic

#502918 #7F4127 #AE5935 #CB7855 #DA9D84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#AE5935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#AE5935 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5935

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5935	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.122 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc896d',
    500: '#ae5935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5935;
$custom-light: #cc896d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.851,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55931,
    "c": 0.12175,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5935

secondary

#7CAEC3

accent

#B1DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5935

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

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