#AE5A25#AE5A25

#AE5A25 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.127 H 49.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5A25
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 37)
HSL	hsl(23, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(23, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 30.46, 44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 53.72, 55.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.0828 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.127 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4477, 16.4471, 3.7951)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5A25 #2579AE

analogous

#AE2534 #AE5A25 #AE9F25

triadic

#AE5A25 #25AE5A #5A25AE

tetradic

#AE5A25 #34AE25 #2579AE #9F25AE

square

#AE5A25 #34AE25 #2579AE #9F25AE

split-complementary

#AE5A25 #25AE9F #2534AE

monochromatic

#492610 #7C401A #AE5A25 #D5773B #E09A6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#AE5A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#AE5A25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5A25

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5A25	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)

#72651E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF484F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.127 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8a63',
    500: '#ae5a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5a25;
$custom-light: #cd8a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.212,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55924,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5A25

secondary

#68A2C6

accent

#A7E840

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C05

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5A25

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

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