#AE5E34#AE5E34

#AE5E34 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.118 H 46.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5E34
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 52)
HSL	hsl(21, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 29.01, 37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 47.64, 52.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% 0.0809 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.118 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0800, 17.2545, 5.4158)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5E34 #3484AE

analogous

#AE3447 #AE5E34 #AE9B34

triadic

#AE5E34 #34AE5E #5E34AE

tetradic

#AE5E34 #47AE34 #3484AE #9B34AE

square

#AE5E34 #47AE34 #3484AE #9B34AE

split-complementary

#AE5E34 #34AE9B #3447AE

monochromatic

#502B18 #7F4526 #AE5E34 #CC7D53 #DAA183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#AE5E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#AE5E34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5E34

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5E34	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)

#746930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.118 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8d6d',
    500: '#ae5e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5e34;
$custom-light: #cc8d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.656,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56755,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5E34

secondary

#7BAAC3

accent

#ABDD4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5E34

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

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