#AE5A38#AE5A38

#AE5A38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.120 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5A38
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 31.40, 34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 46.79, 47.84°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.0889 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.12 42)
XYZ	xyz(21.8274, 16.5990, 5.7951)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5A38 #388CAE

analogous

#AE3851 #AE5A38 #AE9538

triadic

#AE5A38 #38AE5A #5A38AE

tetradic

#AE5A38 #51AE38 #388CAE #9538AE

square

#AE5A38 #51AE38 #388CAE #9538AE

split-complementary

#AE5A38 #38AE95 #3851AE

monochromatic

#512A1A #804229 #AE5A38 #CA7A59 #D99F88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#AE5A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#AE5A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5A38

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5A38	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.120 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8a70',
    500: '#ae5a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5a38;
$custom-light: #cc8a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.288,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56136,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.16597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5A38

secondary

#7FAFC3

accent

#B2DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5A38

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

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