#AE5A31#AE5A31

#AE5A31 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.123 H 45.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5A31
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 49)
HSL	hsl(20, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(20, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 31.01, 38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 49.33, 51.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% 0.0865 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.123 45.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6681, 16.5353, 4.9557)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5A31 #3185AE

analogous

#AE3146 #AE5A31 #AE9831

triadic

#AE5A31 #31AE5A #5A31AE

tetradic

#AE5A31 #46AE31 #3185AE #9831AE

square

#AE5A31 #46AE31 #3185AE #9831AE

split-complementary

#AE5A31 #31AE98 #3146AE

monochromatic

#4E2916 #7E4124 #AE5A31 #CD784F #DB9D7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#AE5A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#AE5A31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5A31

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5A31	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71662D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.123 45.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8a6b',
    500: '#ae5a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5a31;
$custom-light: #cc8a6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.68,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56047,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 45.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5A31

secondary

#77ABC4

accent

#AEDF48

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5A31

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

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