#AE5D38#AE5D38

#AE5D38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.117 H 44.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5D38
RGB	rgb(174, 93, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(19, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.6%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 29.78, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 46.30, 49.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.084 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.117 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0856, 17.1154, 5.8811)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5D38 #3889AE

analogous

#AE384E #AE5D38 #AE9838

triadic

#AE5D38 #38AE5D #5D38AE

tetradic

#AE5D38 #4EAE38 #3889AE #9838AE

square

#AE5D38 #4EAE38 #3889AE #9838AE

split-complementary

#AE5D38 #38AE98 #384EAE

monochromatic

#512C1A #804429 #AE5D38 #CA7D59 #D9A188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#AE5D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#AE5D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5D38

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5D38	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 93, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.117 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8c70',
    500: '#ae5d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5d38;
$custom-light: #cb8c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.814,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56636,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5D38

secondary

#7FAEC3

accent

#AEDB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5D38

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

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