#AE5E2B#AE5E2B

#AE5E2B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.122 H 50.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5E2B
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 43)
HSL	hsl(23, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(23, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 28.55, 42.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 51.04, 55.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.078 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.122 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8963, 17.1810, 4.4482)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5E2B #2B7BAE

analogous

#AE2B39 #AE5E2B #AEA02B

triadic

#AE5E2B #2BAE5E #5E2BAE

tetradic

#AE5E2B #39AE2B #2B7BAE #A02BAE

square

#AE5E2B #39AE2B #2B7BAE #A02BAE

split-complementary

#AE5E2B #2BAEA0 #2B39AE

monochromatic

#4C2913 #7D431F #AE5E2B #D17C45 #DD9E76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#AE5E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#AE5E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5E2B

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5E2B	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.122 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8c67',
    500: '#ae5e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5e2b;
$custom-light: #cc8c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.359,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56655,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5E2B

secondary

#70A4C5

accent

#A6E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5E2B

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

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