#AE5936#AE5936

#AE5936 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.121 H 42.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5936
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 54)
HSL	hsl(18, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.51, 31.82, 35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.51, 47.68, 48.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.0899 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.121 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6957, 16.4123, 5.5147)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5936 #368BAE

analogous

#AE364F #AE5936 #AE9536

triadic

#AE5936 #36AE59 #5936AE

tetradic

#AE5936 #4FAE36 #368BAE #9536AE

square

#AE5936 #4FAE36 #368BAE #9536AE

split-complementary

#AE5936 #36AE95 #364FAE

monochromatic

#512919 #7F4128 #AE5936 #CB7856 #D99E85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#AE5936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#AE5936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5936

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5936	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.121 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc896e',
    500: '#ae5936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5936;
$custom-light: #cc896e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55944,
    "c": 0.12135,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5936

secondary

#7DAEC3

accent

#B2DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5936

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

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