#AE5A28#AE5A28

#AE5A28 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.126 H 48.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5A28
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 40)
HSL	hsl(22, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(22, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 30.58, 42.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 52.64, 54.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.0837 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.126 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4967, 16.4667, 4.0534)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5A28 #287CAE

analogous

#AE2839 #AE5A28 #AE9D28

triadic

#AE5A28 #28AE5A #5A28AE

tetradic

#AE5A28 #39AE28 #287CAE #9D28AE

square

#AE5A28 #39AE28 #287CAE #9D28AE

split-complementary

#AE5A28 #28AE9D #2839AE

monochromatic

#4A2711 #7C401D #AE5A28 #D37740 #DF9A72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#AE5A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#AE5A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5A28

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5A28	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)

#726522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF484F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.126 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8a65',
    500: '#ae5a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5a28;
$custom-light: #cd8a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.388,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55951,
    "c": 0.12617,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5A28

secondary

#6CA4C6

accent

#A9E642

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5A28

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

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