#AE5B28#AE5B28

#AE5B28 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.125 H 49.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5B28
RGB	rgb(174, 91, 40)
HSL	hsl(23, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(23, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 30.04, 43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 52.51, 55.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% 0.0821 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.125 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5817, 16.6366, 4.0817)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5B28 #287BAE

analogous

#AE2838 #AE5B28 #AE9E28

triadic

#AE5B28 #28AE5B #5B28AE

tetradic

#AE5B28 #38AE28 #287BAE #9E28AE

square

#AE5B28 #38AE28 #287BAE #9E28AE

split-complementary

#AE5B28 #28AE9E #2838AE

monochromatic

#4A2711 #7C411D #AE5B28 #D37840 #DF9B72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#AE5B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#AE5B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5B28

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5B28	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 91, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.125 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8a65',
    500: '#ae5b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5b28;
$custom-light: #cc8a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.836,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56118,
    "c": 0.12545,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5B28

secondary

#6CA4C6

accent

#A7E642

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5B28

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

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