#AE5838#AE5838

#AE5838 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.121 H 40.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5838
RGB	rgb(174, 88, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 32.47, 34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 47.15, 46.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% 0.0922 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.121 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6610, 16.2662, 5.7396)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5838 #388EAE

analogous

#AE3853 #AE5838 #AE9338

triadic

#AE5838 #38AE58 #5838AE

tetradic

#AE5838 #53AE38 #388EAE #9338AE

square

#AE5838 #53AE38 #388EAE #9338AE

split-complementary

#AE5838 #38AE93 #3853AE

monochromatic

#51291A #804129 #AE5838 #CA7859 #D99E88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#AE5838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#AE5838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5838

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5838	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 88, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.121 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc896f',
    500: '#ae5838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5838;
$custom-light: #cc896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.271,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55808,
    "c": 0.12143,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5838

secondary

#7FB0C3

accent

#B4DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5838

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

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