#AE5C31#AE5C31

#AE5C31 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.121 H 46.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5C31
RGB	rgb(174, 92, 49)
HSL	hsl(21, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.10, 29.93, 38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.10, 49.04, 52.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% 0.0832 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.121 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8390, 16.8772, 5.0127)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5C31 #3183AE

analogous

#AE3144 #AE5C31 #AE9A31

triadic

#AE5C31 #31AE5C #5C31AE

tetradic

#AE5C31 #44AE31 #3183AE #9A31AE

square

#AE5C31 #44AE31 #3183AE #9A31AE

split-complementary

#AE5C31 #31AE9A #3144AE

monochromatic

#4E2A16 #7E4324 #AE5C31 #CD7A4F #DB9E7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#AE5C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#AE5C31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5C31

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5C31	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73672C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 92, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.121 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8b6b',
    500: '#ae5c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5c31;
$custom-light: #cc8b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.64,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56381,
    "c": 0.12102,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5C31

secondary

#77A9C4

accent

#ABDF48

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5C31

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

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