#AE5C39#AE5C39

#AE5C39 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.118 H 43.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5C39
RGB	rgb(174, 92, 57)
HSL	hsl(18, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 30.39, 34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 46.09, 48.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.48% 0.086 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(56.48% 0.118 43)
XYZ	xyz(22.0231, 16.9508, 5.9822)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5C39 #398BAE

analogous

#AE3950 #AE5C39 #AE9639

triadic

#AE5C39 #39AE5C #5C39AE

tetradic

#AE5C39 #50AE39 #398BAE #9639AE

square

#AE5C39 #50AE39 #398BAE #9639AE

split-complementary

#AE5C39 #39AE96 #3950AE

monochromatic

#522B1B #80442A #AE5C39 #C97C5B #D8A189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#AE5C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#AE5C39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5C39

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5C39	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 92, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.118 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8b70',
    500: '#ae5c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5c39;
$custom-light: #cb8b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.949,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56482,
    "c": 0.11759,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.16948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5C39

secondary

#80AFC3

accent

#B0DA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5C39

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

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