#AE5C2C#AE5C2C

#AE5C2C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.123 H 48.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5C2C
RGB	rgb(174, 92, 44)
HSL	hsl(22, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(22, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 29.68, 41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 50.90, 54.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.0816 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.123 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7393, 16.8373, 4.4875)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5C2C #2C7EAE

analogous

#AE2C3D #AE5C2C #AE9D2C

triadic

#AE5C2C #2CAE5C #5C2CAE

tetradic

#AE5C2C #3DAE2C #2C7EAE #9D2CAE

square

#AE5C2C #3DAE2C #2C7EAE #9D2CAE

split-complementary

#AE5C2C #2CAE9D #2C3DAE

monochromatic

#4C2813 #7D4220 #AE5C2C #D07A47 #DD9D78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#AE5C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#AE5C2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5C2C

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5C2C	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 92, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.123 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8b68',
    500: '#ae5c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5c2c;
$custom-light: #cc8b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.154,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56326,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5C2C

secondary

#71A6C5

accent

#A9E345

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5C2C

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

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