#AE602B#AE602B

#AE602B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.121 H 51.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE602B
RGB	rgb(174, 96, 43)
HSL	hsl(24, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(24, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, 27.46, 42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 50.82, 57.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57% 0.0748 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.121 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0764, 17.5413, 4.5082)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE602B #2B79AE

analogous

#AE2B37 #AE602B #AEA22B

triadic

#AE602B #2BAE60 #602BAE

tetradic

#AE602B #37AE2B #2B79AE #A22BAE

square

#AE602B #37AE2B #2B79AE #A22BAE

split-complementary

#AE602B #2BAEA2 #2B37AE

monochromatic

#4C2A13 #7D451F #AE602B #D17E45 #DDA076

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#AE602B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#AE602B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE602B

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE602B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE602B	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae602b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 96, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.121 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8e67',
    500: '#ae602b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae602b;
$custom-light: #cc8e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae602b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.275,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56999,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE602B

secondary

#70A3C5

accent

#A3E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE602B

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

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