#AE6038#AE6038

#AE6038 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.115 H 46.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6038
RGB	rgb(174, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(20, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.07, 28.15, 36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.07, 45.87, 52.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% 0.079 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.115 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3541, 17.6524, 5.9706)
Luminance	0.1765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6038 #3886AE

analogous

#AE384B #AE6038 #AE9B38

triadic

#AE6038 #38AE60 #6038AE

tetradic

#AE6038 #4BAE38 #3886AE #9B38AE

square

#AE6038 #4BAE38 #3886AE #9B38AE

split-complementary

#AE6038 #38AE9B #384BAE

monochromatic

#512D1A #804629 #AE6038 #CA8059 #D9A388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#AE6038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#AE6038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE6038

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE6038	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE5157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.115 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8e70',
    500: '#ae6038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6038;
$custom-light: #cb8e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.339,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57148,
    "c": 0.1149,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6038

secondary

#7FACC3

accent

#ABDB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6038

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

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