#AE5B26#AE5B26

#AE5B26 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.126 H 49.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5B26
RGB	rgb(174, 91, 38)
HSL	hsl(23, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(23, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 29.96, 44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 53.23, 55.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.1% 0.0815 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(56.1% 0.126 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5485, 16.6233, 3.9072)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5B26 #2679AE

analogous

#AE2635 #AE5B26 #AE9F26

triadic

#AE5B26 #26AE5B #5B26AE

tetradic

#AE5B26 #35AE26 #2679AE #9F26AE

square

#AE5B26 #35AE26 #2679AE #9F26AE

split-complementary

#AE5B26 #26AE9F #2635AE

monochromatic

#4A2610 #7C411B #AE5B26 #D5783D #E09B6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#AE5B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#AE5B26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5B26

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5B26	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)

#73661F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 91, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.126 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8a64',
    500: '#ae5b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5b26;
$custom-light: #cd8a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.382,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.561,
    "c": 0.12623,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5B26

secondary

#6AA2C6

accent

#A6E741

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C05

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5B26

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

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