#AE5E33#AE5E33

#AE5E33 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.119 H 47.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5E33
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 51)
HSL	hsl(21, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 28.95, 38.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 48.02, 52.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.0806 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.119 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0577, 17.2456, 5.2984)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5E33 #3383AE

analogous

#AE3345 #AE5E33 #AE9C33

triadic

#AE5E33 #33AE5E #5E33AE

tetradic

#AE5E33 #45AE33 #3383AE #9C33AE

square

#AE5E33 #45AE33 #3383AE #9C33AE

split-complementary

#AE5E33 #33AE9C #3345AE

monochromatic

#4F2B17 #7F4425 #AE5E33 #CC7D52 #DAA081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#AE5E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#AE5E33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5E33

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5E33	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)

#74682E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.119 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8d6c',
    500: '#ae5e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5e33;
$custom-light: #cc8d6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.976,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56743,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5E33

secondary

#79AAC3

accent

#AADE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5E33

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

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