#AE5E31#AE5E31

#AE5E31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.120 H 48.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5E31
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 49)
HSL	hsl(22, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(22, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 28.85, 39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 48.77, 53.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% 0.0799 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.12 48)
XYZ	xyz(22.0146, 17.2283, 5.0712)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5E31 #3181AE

analogous

#AE3142 #AE5E31 #AE9C31

triadic

#AE5E31 #31AE5E #5E31AE

tetradic

#AE5E31 #42AE31 #3181AE #9C31AE

square

#AE5E31 #42AE31 #3181AE #9C31AE

split-complementary

#AE5E31 #31AE9C #3142AE

monochromatic

#4E2A16 #7E4424 #AE5E31 #CD7C4F #DBA07F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#AE5E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#AE5E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5E31

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5E31	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74682C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.120 48.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8d6b',
    500: '#ae5e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5e31;
$custom-light: #cc8d6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.6,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56719,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 48
  },
  "luminance": 0.17226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5E31

secondary

#77A8C4

accent

#A9DF48

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5E31

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

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