#AE5A23#AE5A23

#AE5A23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.128 H 50.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5A23
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 35)
HSL	hsl(24, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(24, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, 30.38, 45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 54.43, 56.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% 0.0823 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.128 50)
XYZ	xyz(21.4171, 16.4349, 3.6342)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5A23 #2377AE

analogous

#AE2331 #AE5A23 #AE9F23

triadic

#AE5A23 #23AE5A #5A23AE

tetradic

#AE5A23 #31AE23 #2377AE #9F23AE

square

#AE5A23 #31AE23 #2377AE #9F23AE

split-complementary

#AE5A23 #23AE9F #2331AE

monochromatic

#48250F #7B4019 #AE5A23 #D77637 #E1996A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#AE5A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#AE5A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5A23

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5A23	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)

#72651B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF484F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.128 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8a62',
    500: '#ae5a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5a23;
$custom-light: #cd8a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.741,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55907,
    "c": 0.12804,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.16432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5A23

secondary

#66A1C7

accent

#A6E93E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5A23

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

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