#AE5B27#AE5B27

#AE5B27 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.126 H 49.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5B27
RGB	rgb(174, 91, 39)
HSL	hsl(23, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(23, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 30.00, 43.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 52.87, 55.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.11% 0.0818 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(56.11% 0.126 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5649, 16.6299, 3.9933)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5B27 #277AAE

analogous

#AE2737 #AE5B27 #AE9F27

triadic

#AE5B27 #27AE5B #5B27AE

tetradic

#AE5B27 #37AE27 #277AAE #9F27AE

square

#AE5B27 #37AE27 #277AAE #9F27AE

split-complementary

#AE5B27 #27AE9F #2737AE

monochromatic

#4A2711 #7C411C #AE5B27 #D4783E #DF9B70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#AE5B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#AE5B27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5B27

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5B27	1.00	4.86	4.33	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 91, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.126 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8a64',
    500: '#ae5b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5b27;
$custom-light: #cd8a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.111,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56109,
    "c": 0.12585,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5B27

secondary

#6BA3C6

accent

#A7E641

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5B27

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

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