#AE5E23#AE5E23

#AE5E23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.125 H 52.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5E23
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 35)
HSL	hsl(25, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(25, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 28.22, 46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 53.97, 58.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% 0.0758 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.125 52.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7637, 17.1279, 3.7497)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5E23 #2373AE

analogous

#AE232D #AE5E23 #AEA323

triadic

#AE5E23 #23AE5E #5E23AE

tetradic

#AE5E23 #2DAE23 #2373AE #A323AE

square

#AE5E23 #2DAE23 #2373AE #A323AE

split-complementary

#AE5E23 #23AEA3 #232DAE

monochromatic

#48270F #7B4219 #AE5E23 #D77B37 #E19D6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#AE5E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#AE5E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5E23

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5E23	1.00	4.75	4.43	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75681B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.125 52.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8c62',
    500: '#ae5e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5e23;
$custom-light: #cd8c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.468,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56583,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 52.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5E23

secondary

#669EC7

accent

#A1E93E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C05

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5E23

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

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