#AE5E36#AE5E36

#AE5E36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.117 H 45.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5E36
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 54)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(20, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 29.12, 36.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 46.89, 51.60°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.0816 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.117 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1260, 17.2729, 5.6581)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5E36 #3686AE

analogous

#AE364A #AE5E36 #AE9A36

triadic

#AE5E36 #36AE5E #5E36AE

tetradic

#AE5E36 #4AAE36 #3686AE #9A36AE

square

#AE5E36 #4AAE36 #3686AE #9A36AE

split-complementary

#AE5E36 #36AE9A #364AAE

monochromatic

#512C19 #7F4528 #AE5E36 #CB7D56 #D9A185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#AE5E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#AE5E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5E36

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5E36	1.00	4.71	4.45	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.117 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8d6e',
    500: '#ae5e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5e36;
$custom-light: #cc8d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5678,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5E36

secondary

#7DACC3

accent

#ACDC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5E36

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

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