#AE5E35#AE5E35

#AE5E35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.118 H 46.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5E35
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 53)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(20, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 29.07, 37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 47.26, 52.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.0813 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.118 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.1028, 17.2636, 5.5357)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5E35 #3585AE

analogous

#AE3548 #AE5E35 #AE9B35

triadic

#AE5E35 #35AE5E #5E35AE

tetradic

#AE5E35 #48AE35 #3585AE #9B35AE

square

#AE5E35 #48AE35 #3585AE #9B35AE

split-complementary

#AE5E35 #35AE9B #3548AE

monochromatic

#502B18 #7F4527 #AE5E35 #CB7D55 #DAA184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#AE5E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#AE5E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5E35

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5E35	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)

#746931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.118 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8d6e',
    500: '#ae5e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5e35;
$custom-light: #cc8d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.331,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56767,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5E35

secondary

#7CABC3

accent

#ABDD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5E35

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

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