#AE5A35#AE5A35

#AE5A35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.121 H 43.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5A35
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 53)
HSL	hsl(18, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 31.23, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 47.87, 49.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.1% 0.0879 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(56.1% 0.121 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7562, 16.5705, 5.4202)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5A35 #3589AE

analogous

#AE354D #AE5A35 #AE9735

triadic

#AE5A35 #35AE5A #5A35AE

tetradic

#AE5A35 #4DAE35 #3589AE #9735AE

square

#AE5A35 #4DAE35 #3589AE #9735AE

split-complementary

#AE5A35 #35AE97 #354DAE

monochromatic

#502918 #7F4227 #AE5A35 #CB7955 #DA9E84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#AE5A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#AE5A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5A35

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5A35	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.121 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8a6e',
    500: '#ae5a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5a35;
$custom-light: #cc8a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.347,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56096,
    "c": 0.12091,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5A35

secondary

#7CADC3

accent

#B0DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5A35

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

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