#AE5B38#AE5B38

#AE5B38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.119 H 42.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5B38
RGB	rgb(174, 91, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 30.86, 34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 46.62, 48.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.0873 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.119 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9123, 16.7689, 5.8234)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5B38 #388BAE

analogous

#AE3850 #AE5B38 #AE9638

triadic

#AE5B38 #38AE5B #5B38AE

tetradic

#AE5B38 #50AE38 #388BAE #9638AE

square

#AE5B38 #50AE38 #388BAE #9638AE

split-complementary

#AE5B38 #38AE96 #3850AE

monochromatic

#512B1A #804329 #AE5B38 #CA7B59 #D9A088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#AE5B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#AE5B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5B38

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5B38	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 91, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.119 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8b70',
    500: '#ae5b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5b38;
$custom-light: #cc8b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.797,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56301,
    "c": 0.11884,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5B38

secondary

#7FAFC3

accent

#B1DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5B38

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

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