#AE5A27#AE5A27

#AE5A27 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.127 H 48.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5A27
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 39)
HSL	hsl(23, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(23, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 30.54, 43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 53.00, 54.82°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.0834 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.127 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4799, 16.4600, 3.9650)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5A27 #277BAE

analogous

#AE2737 #AE5A27 #AE9E27

triadic

#AE5A27 #27AE5A #5A27AE

tetradic

#AE5A27 #37AE27 #277BAE #9E27AE

square

#AE5A27 #37AE27 #277BAE #9E27AE

split-complementary

#AE5A27 #27AE9E #2737AE

monochromatic

#4A2611 #7C401C #AE5A27 #D4773E #DF9A70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#AE5A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#AE5A27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5A27

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5A27	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF484F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.127 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8a64',
    500: '#ae5a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5a27;
$custom-light: #cd8a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55942,
    "c": 0.12656,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5A27

secondary

#6BA4C6

accent

#A8E641

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5A27

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

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