#AE5E2D#AE5E2D

#AE5E2D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.121 H 49.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5E2D
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 45)
HSL	hsl(23, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(23, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 28.64, 41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 50.28, 55.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.0787 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.121 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9339, 17.1960, 4.6462)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5E2D #2D7DAE

analogous

#AE2D3C #AE5E2D #AE9E2D

triadic

#AE5E2D #2DAE5E #5E2DAE

tetradic

#AE5E2D #3CAE2D #2D7DAE #9E2DAE

square

#AE5E2D #3CAE2D #2D7DAE #9E2DAE

split-complementary

#AE5E2D #2DAE9E #2D3CAE

monochromatic

#4D2914 #7D4420 #AE5E2D #D07C48 #DC9F79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#AE5E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#AE5E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5E2D

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5E2D	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)

#756827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.121 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8c68',
    500: '#ae5e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5e2d;
$custom-light: #cc8c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.791,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56675,
    "c": 0.1213,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5E2D

secondary

#72A5C4

accent

#A7E246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5E2D

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

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