#AE5A37#AE5A37

#AE5A37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.120 H 42.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5A37
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 31.34, 35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 47.15, 48.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% 0.0886 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.12 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8032, 16.5893, 5.6676)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5A37 #378BAE

analogous

#AE3750 #AE5A37 #AE9537

triadic

#AE5A37 #37AE5A #5A37AE

tetradic

#AE5A37 #50AE37 #378BAE #9537AE

square

#AE5A37 #50AE37 #378BAE #9537AE

split-complementary

#AE5A37 #37AE95 #3750AE

monochromatic

#512A1A #7F4228 #AE5A37 #CA7A58 #D99F86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#AE5A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#AE5A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5A37

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5A37	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.120 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8a6f',
    500: '#ae5a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5a37;
$custom-light: #cc8a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.647,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56122,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5A37

secondary

#7EAFC3

accent

#B1DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5A37

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

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