#AE5E37#AE5E37

#AE5E37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.117 H 45.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5E37
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 55)
HSL	hsl(20, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(20, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 29.18, 36.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 46.52, 51.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.082 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.117 45.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1497, 17.2824, 5.7831)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5E37 #3787AE

analogous

#AE374B #AE5E37 #AE9A37

triadic

#AE5E37 #37AE5E #5E37AE

tetradic

#AE5E37 #4BAE37 #3787AE #9A37AE

square

#AE5E37 #4BAE37 #3787AE #9A37AE

split-complementary

#AE5E37 #37AE9A #374BAE

monochromatic

#512C1A #7F4528 #AE5E37 #CA7D58 #D9A286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#AE5E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#AE5E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5E37

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5E37	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.117 45.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8d6f',
    500: '#ae5e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5e37;
$custom-light: #cb8d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.664,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56792,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 45.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5E37

secondary

#7EACC3

accent

#ADDB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5E37

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

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