#AE5C32#AE5C32

#AE5C32 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.121 H 46.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5C32
RGB	rgb(174, 92, 50)
HSL	hsl(20, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(20, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 29.98, 38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 48.67, 51.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% 0.0836 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.121 46.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8604, 16.8857, 5.1251)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5C32 #3284AE

analogous

#AE3246 #AE5C32 #AE9A32

triadic

#AE5C32 #32AE5C #5C32AE

tetradic

#AE5C32 #46AE32 #3284AE #9A32AE

square

#AE5C32 #46AE32 #3284AE #9A32AE

split-complementary

#AE5C32 #32AE9A #3246AE

monochromatic

#4F2A17 #7E4324 #AE5C32 #CD7B50 #DA9F80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#AE5C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#AE5C32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5C32

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5C32	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)

#73672D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 92, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.121 46.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8b6c',
    500: '#ae5c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5c32;
$custom-light: #cc8b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.323,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56392,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 46.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5C32

secondary

#78AAC4

accent

#ACDF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5C32

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

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