#AE5939#AE5939

#AE5939 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.120 H 40.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5939
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 57)
HSL	hsl(16, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 32.00, 33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 46.61, 46.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.0909 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.12 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7683, 16.4413, 5.8972)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5939 #398EAE

analogous

#AE3954 #AE5939 #AE9339

triadic

#AE5939 #39AE59 #5939AE

tetradic

#AE5939 #54AE39 #398EAE #9339AE

square

#AE5939 #54AE39 #398EAE #9339AE

split-complementary

#AE5939 #39AE93 #3954AE

monochromatic

#522A1B #80412A #AE5939 #C9795B #D89F89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#AE5939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#AE5939 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5939

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5939	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.120 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8970',
    500: '#ae5939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5939;
$custom-light: #cc8970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.41,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55985,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5939

secondary

#80B0C3

accent

#B4DA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5939

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

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