#AE5E28#AE5E28

#AE5E28 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.123 H 51.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5E28
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 40)
HSL	hsl(24, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(24, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 28.42, 43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 52.15, 56.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.0772 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.123 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8433, 17.1598, 4.1689)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5E28 #2878AE

analogous

#AE2835 #AE5E28 #AEA128

triadic

#AE5E28 #28AE5E #5E28AE

tetradic

#AE5E28 #35AE28 #2878AE #A128AE

square

#AE5E28 #35AE28 #2878AE #A128AE

split-complementary

#AE5E28 #28AEA1 #2835AE

monochromatic

#4A2811 #7C431D #AE5E28 #D37B40 #DF9E72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#AE5E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#AE5E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5E28

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5E28	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.123 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8c65',
    500: '#ae5e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5e28;
$custom-light: #cc8c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.179,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56626,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5E28

secondary

#6CA2C6

accent

#A4E642

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5E28

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

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