#AE5937#AE5937

#AE5937 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.121 H 41.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5937
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 55)
HSL	hsl(17, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 31.88, 34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 47.32, 47.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.96% 0.0902 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(55.96% 0.121 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7194, 16.4218, 5.6396)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5937 #378CAE

analogous

#AE3750 #AE5937 #AE9537

triadic

#AE5937 #37AE59 #5937AE

tetradic

#AE5937 #50AE37 #378CAE #9537AE

square

#AE5937 #50AE37 #378CAE #9537AE

split-complementary

#AE5937 #37AE95 #3750AE

monochromatic

#51291A #7F4128 #AE5937 #CA7958 #D99E86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#AE5937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#AE5937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5937

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5937	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)

#706534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.121 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc896f',
    500: '#ae5937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5937;
$custom-light: #cc896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55957,
    "c": 0.12095,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5937

secondary

#7EAFC3

accent

#B3DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5937

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

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