#AE5738#AE5738

#AE5738 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.122 H 39.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5738
RGB	rgb(174, 87, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 33.00, 33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 47.34, 45.80°)
OKLab	oklab(55.65% 0.0938 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(55.65% 0.122 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5795, 16.1031, 5.7124)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5738 #388FAE

analogous

#AE3854 #AE5738 #AE9238

triadic

#AE5738 #38AE57 #5738AE

tetradic

#AE5738 #54AE38 #388FAE #9238AE

square

#AE5738 #54AE38 #388FAE #9238AE

split-complementary

#AE5738 #38AE92 #3854AE

monochromatic

#51291A #804029 #AE5738 #CA7759 #D99D88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#AE5738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#AE5738 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5738

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5738	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 87, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.122 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc886f',
    500: '#ae5738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5738;
$custom-light: #cc886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.763,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55646,
    "c": 0.12232,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5738

secondary

#7FB1C3

accent

#B6DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5738

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

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