#AE5C33#AE5C33

#AE5C33 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.120 H 45.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5C33
RGB	rgb(174, 92, 51)
HSL	hsl(20, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(20, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 30.04, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 48.29, 51.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.0839 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.12 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8822, 16.8945, 5.2399)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5C33 #3385AE

analogous

#AE3348 #AE5C33 #AE9A33

triadic

#AE5C33 #33AE5C #5C33AE

tetradic

#AE5C33 #48AE33 #3385AE #9A33AE

square

#AE5C33 #48AE33 #3385AE #9A33AE

split-complementary

#AE5C33 #33AE9A #3348AE

monochromatic

#4F2A17 #7F4325 #AE5C33 #CC7B52 #DA9F81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#AE5C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#AE5C33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5C33

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5C33	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)

#73672F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 92, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.120 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8b6c',
    500: '#ae5c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5c33;
$custom-light: #cc8b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56404,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5C33

secondary

#79ABC3

accent

#ADDE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5C33

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

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