#AE5E32#AE5E32

#AE5E32 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.119 H 47.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5E32
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 50)
HSL	hsl(21, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 28.90, 38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 48.40, 53.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.0803 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.119 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0359, 17.2368, 5.1836)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5E32 #3282AE

analogous

#AE3244 #AE5E32 #AE9C32

triadic

#AE5E32 #32AE5E #5E32AE

tetradic

#AE5E32 #44AE32 #3282AE #9C32AE

square

#AE5E32 #44AE32 #3282AE #9C32AE

split-complementary

#AE5E32 #32AE9C #3244AE

monochromatic

#4F2B17 #7E4424 #AE5E32 #CD7D50 #DAA080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#AE5E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#AE5E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5E32

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5E32	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)

#74682D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.119 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8d6c',
    500: '#ae5e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5e32;
$custom-light: #cc8d6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.29,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56731,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5E32

secondary

#78A9C4

accent

#AADF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5E32

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

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