#AE5E39#AE5E39

#AE5E39 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.116 H 44.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5E39
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 57)
HSL	hsl(19, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(19, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 29.30, 35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 45.77, 50.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.0827 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.116 44.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1986, 17.3019, 6.0407)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5E39 #3989AE

analogous

#AE394F #AE5E39 #AE9839

triadic

#AE5E39 #39AE5E #5E39AE

tetradic

#AE5E39 #4FAE39 #3989AE #9839AE

square

#AE5E39 #4FAE39 #3989AE #9839AE

split-complementary

#AE5E39 #39AE98 #394FAE

monochromatic

#522C1B #80452A #AE5E39 #C97E5B #D8A289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#AE5E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#AE5E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5E39

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5E39	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)

#746935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.116 44.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8d70',
    500: '#ae5e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5e39;
$custom-light: #cb8d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.974,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56819,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 44.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5E39

secondary

#80AEC3

accent

#AEDA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5E39

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

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