#AE5C36#AE5C36

#AE5C36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.119 H 44.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5C36
RGB	rgb(174, 92, 54)
HSL	hsl(19, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(19, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 30.21, 36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 47.18, 50.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.0849 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.119 44.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9505, 16.9218, 5.5996)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5C36 #3688AE

analogous

#AE364C #AE5C36 #AE9836

triadic

#AE5C36 #36AE5C #5C36AE

tetradic

#AE5C36 #4CAE36 #3688AE #9836AE

square

#AE5C36 #4CAE36 #3688AE #9836AE

split-complementary

#AE5C36 #36AE98 #364CAE

monochromatic

#512B19 #7F4328 #AE5C36 #CB7B56 #D9A085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#AE5C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#AE5C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5C36

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5C36	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 92, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.119 44.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8b6e',
    500: '#ae5c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5c36;
$custom-light: #cc8b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56442,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 44.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5C36

secondary

#7DADC3

accent

#AEDC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5C36

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

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