#AE5B35#AE5B35

#AE5B35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.120 H 44.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5B35
RGB	rgb(174, 91, 53)
HSL	hsl(19, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(19, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, 30.69, 36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 47.71, 49.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% 0.0862 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.12 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8412, 16.7404, 5.4485)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5B35 #3588AE

analogous

#AE354C #AE5B35 #AE9835

triadic

#AE5B35 #35AE5B #5B35AE

tetradic

#AE5B35 #4CAE35 #3588AE #9835AE

square

#AE5B35 #4CAE35 #3588AE #9835AE

split-complementary

#AE5B35 #35AE98 #354CAE

monochromatic

#502A18 #7F4227 #AE5B35 #CB7A55 #DA9F84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#AE5B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#AE5B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5B35

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5B35	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 91, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.120 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8b6e',
    500: '#ae5b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5b35;
$custom-light: #cc8b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.843,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56262,
    "c": 0.1201,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5B35

secondary

#7CADC3

accent

#AFDD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5B35

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

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