#AE5E30#AE5E30

#AE5E30 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.120 H 48.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5E30
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 48)
HSL	hsl(22, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(22, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, 28.79, 39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 49.15, 54.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.0796 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.12 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9937, 17.2200, 4.9613)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5E30 #3080AE

analogous

#AE3041 #AE5E30 #AE9D30

triadic

#AE5E30 #30AE5E #5E30AE

tetradic

#AE5E30 #41AE30 #3080AE #9D30AE

square

#AE5E30 #41AE30 #3080AE #9D30AE

split-complementary

#AE5E30 #30AE9D #3041AE

monochromatic

#4E2A16 #7E4423 #AE5E30 #CE7C4D #DBA07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#AE5E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#AE5E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5E30

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5E30	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)

#74682B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.120 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8d6a',
    500: '#ae5e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5e30;
$custom-light: #cc8d6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.905,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56708,
    "c": 0.11999,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5E30

secondary

#76A7C4

accent

#A8E048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5E30

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

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