#AE5F42#AE5F42

#AE5F42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.111 H 40.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5F42
RGB	rgb(174, 95, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 29.36, 30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 42.39, 46.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.0844 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.111 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5329, 17.5788, 7.3596)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5F42 #4291AE

analogous

#AE425B #AE5F42 #AE9542

triadic

#AE5F42 #42AE5F #5F42AE

tetradic

#AE5F42 #5BAE42 #4291AE #9542AE

square

#AE5F42 #5BAE42 #4291AE #9542AE

split-complementary

#AE5F42 #42AE95 #425BAE

monochromatic

#552F20 #824731 #AE5F42 #C68168 #D6A694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#AE5F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#AE5F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5F42

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5F42	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 95, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.111 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8d77',
    500: '#ae5f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5f42;
$custom-light: #cb8d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.111,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57121,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5F42

secondary

#8AB3C2

accent

#B2D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5F42

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

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