#AE5F38#AE5F38

#AE5F38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.116 H 45.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5F38
RGB	rgb(174, 95, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(20, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, 28.70, 35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 46.00, 51.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.0807 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.116 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2634, 17.4711, 5.9404)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5F38 #3887AE

analogous

#AE384C #AE5F38 #AE9A38

triadic

#AE5F38 #38AE5F #5F38AE

tetradic

#AE5F38 #4CAE38 #3887AE #9A38AE

square

#AE5F38 #4CAE38 #3887AE #9A38AE

split-complementary

#AE5F38 #38AE9A #384CAE

monochromatic

#512C1A #804629 #AE5F38 #CA7F59 #D9A288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#AE5F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#AE5F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5F38

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5F38	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 95, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.116 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8d70',
    500: '#ae5f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5f38;
$custom-light: #cb8d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.831,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56976,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5F38

secondary

#7FACC3

accent

#ACDB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5F38

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

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