#AE5C23#AE5C23

#AE5C23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.127 H 51.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5C23
RGB	rgb(174, 92, 35)
HSL	hsl(25, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(25, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 29.30, 45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 54.18, 57.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% 0.0791 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.127 51.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.5881, 16.7768, 3.6912)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5C23 #2375AE

analogous

#AE2330 #AE5C23 #AEA123

triadic

#AE5C23 #23AE5C #5C23AE

tetradic

#AE5C23 #30AE23 #2375AE #A123AE

square

#AE5C23 #30AE23 #2375AE #A123AE

split-complementary

#AE5C23 #23AEA1 #2330AE

monochromatic

#48260F #7B4119 #AE5C23 #D77937 #E19B6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#AE5C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#AE5C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5C23

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5C23	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74671B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 92, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.127 51.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8b62',
    500: '#ae5c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5c23;
$custom-light: #cd8b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.604,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56242,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 51.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5C23

secondary

#669FC7

accent

#A3E93E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C05

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5C23

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

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