#AE5B36#AE5B36

#AE5B36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.120 H 43.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5B36
RGB	rgb(174, 91, 54)
HSL	hsl(19, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(19, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 30.75, 36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 47.34, 49.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.0866 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.12 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8644, 16.7497, 5.5709)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5B36 #3689AE

analogous

#AE364D #AE5B36 #AE9736

triadic

#AE5B36 #36AE5B #5B36AE

tetradic

#AE5B36 #4DAE36 #3689AE #9736AE

square

#AE5B36 #4DAE36 #3689AE #9736AE

split-complementary

#AE5B36 #36AE97 #364DAE

monochromatic

#512A19 #7F4328 #AE5B36 #CB7A56 #D99F85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#AE5B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#AE5B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5B36

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5B36	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)

#726732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 91, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.120 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8b6e',
    500: '#ae5b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5b36;
$custom-light: #cc8b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56275,
    "c": 0.11968,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5B36

secondary

#7DADC3

accent

#B0DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5B36

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

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