#AE5C28#AE5C28

#AE5C28 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.125 H 49.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5C28
RGB	rgb(174, 92, 40)
HSL	hsl(23, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(23, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 29.50, 43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 52.38, 55.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.0804 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.125 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6677, 16.8087, 4.1104)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5C28 #287AAE

analogous

#AE2837 #AE5C28 #AE9F28

triadic

#AE5C28 #28AE5C #5C28AE

tetradic

#AE5C28 #37AE28 #287AAE #9F28AE

square

#AE5C28 #37AE28 #287AAE #9F28AE

split-complementary

#AE5C28 #28AE9F #2837AE

monochromatic

#4A2711 #7C421D #AE5C28 #D37940 #DF9C72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#AE5C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#AE5C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5C28

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5C28	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 92, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.125 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8b65',
    500: '#ae5c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5c28;
$custom-light: #cc8b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.284,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56286,
    "c": 0.12476,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5C28

secondary

#6CA3C6

accent

#A6E642

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5C28

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

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