#AE5B37#AE5B37

#AE5B37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.119 H 43.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5B37
RGB	rgb(174, 91, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 30.80, 35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 46.98, 49.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.0869 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.119 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8881, 16.7592, 5.6959)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5B37 #378AAE

analogous

#AE374F #AE5B37 #AE9637

triadic

#AE5B37 #37AE5B #5B37AE

tetradic

#AE5B37 #4FAE37 #378AAE #9637AE

square

#AE5B37 #4FAE37 #378AAE #9637AE

split-complementary

#AE5B37 #37AE96 #374FAE

monochromatic

#512A1A #7F4328 #AE5B37 #CA7B58 #D99F86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#AE5B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#AE5B37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5B37

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5B37	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)

#726733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 91, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.119 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8b6f',
    500: '#ae5b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5b37;
$custom-light: #cc8b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.151,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56288,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5B37

secondary

#7EAEC3

accent

#B0DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5B37

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

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