#AE5F36#AE5F36

#AE5F36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.117 H 46.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5F36
RGB	rgb(174, 95, 54)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(21, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.82, 28.58, 37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.82, 46.75, 52.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.08 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.117 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2155, 17.4519, 5.6879)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5F36 #3685AE

analogous

#AE3649 #AE5F36 #AE9B36

triadic

#AE5F36 #36AE5F #5F36AE

tetradic

#AE5F36 #49AE36 #3685AE #9B36AE

square

#AE5F36 #49AE36 #3685AE #9B36AE

split-complementary

#AE5F36 #36AE9B #3649AE

monochromatic

#512C19 #7F4628 #AE5F36 #CB7E56 #D9A285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#AE5F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#AE5F36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5F36

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5F36	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 95, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.117 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8d6e',
    500: '#ae5f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5f36;
$custom-light: #cb8d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5695,
    "c": 0.11657,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5F36

secondary

#7DABC3

accent

#ABDC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5F36

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

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